ܚܘܡܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic numbers (edit)
 ←  4 ܗ.
5
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    Cardinal: ܚܲܡܫܵܐ (ḥamšā)
    Ordinal: ܚܡܝܼܫܵܝܵܐ (ḥmīšāyā)
    Multiplier: ܡܚܲܡܫܵܐ (mḥamšā)
    Fractional: ܚܘܼܡܫܵܐ (ḥumšā)
Root
ܚ ܡ ܫ (ḥ m š)
6 terms

Etymology

Derived from ܚܲܡܫܵܐ (ḥamšā, five); compare Arabic خُمْس (ḵums) and Hebrew חֲמִישִׁית (khamishít).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xum.ʃɑː]

Noun

ܚܘܼܡܫܵܐ • (ḥumšā) m sg (plural ܚܘܼܡܫܹ̈ܐ (ḥumšē))

  1. (fractional number) fifth ()

Inflection

Coordinate terms

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħumʃɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħumʃe] (plural)

Etymology 1

Derived from ܚܡܫܐ (ḥamšā, five). Compare Arabic خُمْس (ḵums) and Hebrew חֹמֶשׁ (ḥṓmeš).

Noun

ܚܘܡܫܐ • (ḥumšā) m (plural ܚܘܡܫܐ (ḥumšē))

  1. (fractional number) fifth ()
Inflection
See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ- According to Rainer Degen via Hebrew חֹמֶשׁ (ḥṓmeš).

Noun

ܚܘܡܫܐ • (ḥumšā) m (plural ܚܘܡܫܐ (ḥumšē))

  1. abdomen, belly, loins, stomach
Inflection

References

  • ḥwmš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥwmšˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 99b,109a
  • Degen, Rainer (1978) “Ḥumšā, ein hebräisches Lehnwort im Syrischen”, in Oriens Christianus, volume 62, pages 53–59
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 132a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 427b
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