ܚܘܡܫܐ

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

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

1. (fractional number) fifth (⅕)

• ܦܲܠܓܵܐ (palgā, “a half”), ܬܘܼܠܬ݂ܵܐ (tulṯā, “a third”), ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (ruḇˁā, “a fourth, a quarter”), ܫܘܼܬܬ݂ܵܐ (šutṯā, “a sixth”), ܫܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (šuḇˁā, “a seventh”), ܬܘܼܡܢܵܐ (tumnā, “an eighth”), ܬܘܼܫܥܵܐ (tušˁā, “a ninth”), ܥܘܼܣܪܵܐ (ˁusrā, “a tenth”)

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

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

1. (fractional number) fifth (⅕)

• ܚܡܝܫܝܐ

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

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

1. abdomen, belly, loins, stomach

• “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