ܐܘܡܬܐ

Inherited from Aramaic אוּמְּתָא (ʾumməṯā), derived from אֵמָּא (ʾemmā, “mother”); compare Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma), Hebrew אֻמָּה ('umá).

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ܐܘܼܡܬ݂ܵܐ • (umṯā) f (plural ܐܸܡ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (imwāṯā))

1. nation

• ܐܘܼܡܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (umṯānāyā)
• ܐܸܡ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܚܘܼܝ̈ܕ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (imwāṯā mḥūyḏāṯā)

• ܥܲܡܵܐ (ˁammā)

Derived from ܐܸܡܵܐ (ʾemmā, “mother”); compare Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma), Hebrew אֻמָּה (ʾummâ).

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ܐܘܼܡܬ݂ܵܐ • (ʾumməṯā) c (plural ܐܸܡܘܵܬܵܐ (ʾemməwāṯā) or ܐܘܼܡܘܵܬܵܐ (ʾumməwāṯā))

1. nation, people, race
   • Peshitta, Acts 4:25:

     ܘܲܐܢ݈ܬ݁ ܗ݈ܘܿ ܕ݁ܡܲܠܸܠܬ݁ ܒ݁ܝܲܕ݂ ܪܘܿܚܵܐ ܕ݁ܩܘܿܕ݂ܫܵܐ ܒ݁ܦ݂ܘܿܡ ܕ݁ܲܘܝܼܕ݂ ܥܲܒ݂ܕ݁ܵܟ݂ ܠܡܵܢܵܐ ܪܓ݂ܲܫܘ ܥܲܡ݈ܡܹܐ ܘܸܐܡܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܪܢܲܝ ܣܪܝܼܩܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ ܀

     wə-ʾat ū ḏə-mallelt bə-yaḏ rūḥā ḏə-quḏšā ḇə-p̄ūm dāwīḏ ʿaḇdāḵ, lə-mānā rəḡaš ʿamməmē, wə-ʾemməwāṯā rənay sərīqūṯā.

     Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

2. class, genus

• “ˀwmh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-14
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 11a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 6b
• 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, →ISBN, page 17a