ܚܡܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܚ ܡ ܡ (ḥ m m)
10 terms

From Aramaic חֵמְתָּא (ḥemmətā); related to Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma) and Hebrew חֵמָה (khemá).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xɪm.tɑː]

Noun

ܚܸܡܬܵܐ • (ḥimtā) f (plural ܚܸܡܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ḥimmātē))

  1. heat (thermal energy)
  2. anger, wrath, fury, rage
  3. passion, ardor
  4. (medicine) fever
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Aramaic חְמָתָא (ḥəmāṯā); related to Arabic حَمَاة (ḥamāh) and Hebrew חָמוֹת (khamót).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xmɑːtɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [xmɑːθɑː]

Noun

ܚܡܵܬܵܐ • (ḥmātā) f (plural ܚܡܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ḥmātē) or ܚܡܵܗܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ḥmāhātē), masculine ܚܸܡܝܵܢܵܐ (ḥimyānā))

  1. mother-in-law (mother of one’s spouse)
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xam.θɑː]

Noun

ܚܲܡܬ݂ܵܐ • (ḥamṯā) f (plural ܚܲܡ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥammāṯā), masculine ܓ̰ܘܲܢܩܵܐ (jwanqā))

  1. pubescent maiden, young unmarried woman

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic حَمَاة (ḥamāh) and Hebrew חָמוֹת (ḥāmôṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)mɑθɑ]

Noun

ܚܡܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܡܗܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܡܐ)

  1. mother-in-law
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܡ-ܡ (ḥ-m-m) related to being hot. Compare Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma) and Hebrew חֵמָה (ḥēmâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɛm(mə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɛm(mə)θe] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܡܬܐ)

  1. heat, passion, ardor/ardour
  2. anger, wrath, fury, rage
  3. venom, poison
  4. (medicine) inflammation from venom
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܚ-ܡ-ܡ (ḥ-m-m) related to being hot. Compare Arabic حَمَّة (ḥamma) and Hebrew חַמָּה (ḥammâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħam(mə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħam(mə)θe] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܡܬܐ)

  1. heat
    Antonym: ܩܪܬܐ
  2. (medicine) fever
  3. pubescent maiden
Inflection

References

  • ḥmh”, 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, pages 107b-109a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 148a
  • 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 469a
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