אמא

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔɛmɑʔ/

Noun

אמא • (transliteration needed) f (plural אמהתא, singular masculine counterpart אבא)

  1. mother
    • בראשית רבה ע, טז
      [כט, יז] "וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת", אֲמוֹרָאֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן תִּרְגֵּם קוֹדְמוֹי: וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: עֵינוֹהִי דְּאִימָּךְ הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: ἀμμά (ammá)
  • → Hebrew: אִמָּא (ímma)

References
  • “ˀm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic אִמָּא (ʾimmā).

Pronunciation
  • (file)

Noun

אִמָּא • (ímma) f (plural indefinite אמהות, masculine counterpart אבא)

  1. mother

Synonyms
  • אֵם (em) (less common, more formal)

Derived terms
  • אמא׳לה (ímale)
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