Plural of imam
regular plural
The plural of imam is imams.
Forms of imam
| Singular | imam /ˈiːmɑːm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | imams |
| Countable | countable |
Imams in a sentence
- In the 1980s, roughly six hundred young Algerian men, many of them protégés of Muslim Brothers from Egypt and Wahhabi imams from Saudi Arabia, went to Afghanistan to join the anti-Soviet jihad.2004 October 7, London Review of Books, page 3
- The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.2021 January 13, Bethan McKernan, “Turkey drought: Istanbul could run out of water in 45 days”, in The Guardian, archived from the original...
- Whereas the largest Shi’a branch, the ‘Twelvers’, strictly believe that there were only 12 visible imams, the ’Fivers’ have recognised many more imams throughout their history.2007, Daniel McLaughlin, Yemen: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt, page 23. From the entry fiver
- Young Iraqis of both sects obeyed the imams' ruling last week by rushing to conscription offices in hot, dirty, dusty Bagdad to offer themselves or their money for the jihad.1938 August 22, “Holy War”, in Time. From the entry jihad
Meaning of imam
- noun One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
- noun A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.
- noun One of the Twelve imams, descendants of Muhammad from the seventh to ninth centuries CE who lived exemplary lives.
Questions about the plural of imam
- What is the plural of imam?
- The plural of imam is imams.
- Is imam countable?
- Imam is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: imam (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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