אומה
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Hebrew
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| א־מ־ם (ʾ-m-m) |
Cognate with Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “ummah”).
Noun
אומה / אֻמָּה • ('umá) f (plural indefinite אומות / אֻמּוֹת, singular construct אומת / אֻמַּת־)
Synonyms
- גּוֹי (goi, “a nation, especially a nation other than Israel”)
- לאום / לְאֹם (leóm)
- עַם (am, “a nation, people; crowd”)
Derived terms
- האומות המאוחדות / הַאֻמּוֹת הַמְּאֻחָדוֹת (ha'umót hame'ukhadót)
Descendants
- Yiddish: אומה (ume)
References
- “אומה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
אומה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
אוֹמָה • (omá) f (singular construct אומת־)
- (Mishnaic Hebrew, anatomy) caudal lobe (of the lung)[1]
References
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2022 September 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 16 September 2022