ܚܡܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܡ ܡ (ḥ m m)
10 terms

Compare Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma) and Hebrew חֵמָה (khemá).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܸܡܵܐ • (ḥimmā) m (uncountable)

  1. heat (condition or quality of being hot or at a high temperature)
    ܚܸܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܒܲܕܲܪ. ― ḥimmā ìlēh l-baddar. ― It is hot outside. (literally, “It is the heat outside.”)
    • Matthew 20:12:
      ܘܐܡܝܼܪ ܠܗܘܿܢ: «ܐܲܢܹܐ ܐ݇ܚܵܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܘܚܘܼܫܒܸܢܵܗܝ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܡܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ، ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܕܛܥܝܼܢܲܢ ܝܘܼܩܪܵܐ ܘܚܸܡܵܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ».
      w-mīr lhōn: “annē ḥārāyē plīḥ lhōn ḥḏā šāˁṯā w-ḥušbinnāh lūḵ mˀaḵwāṯan, aḥnan d-ṭˁīnan yuqrā wḥimmā d-yāwmā”.
      and they said, “These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.”

Usage notes

Possessive pronouns added to this word are the way to express feeling hot, e.g ܝܼܠܹܗ ܚܸܡܝܼ (īlēh ḥimī, “I am feeling hot”, literally “he (it) is my heat”).

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܸܡܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܚܸܡܝܼ (ḥimī) ܚܸܡܲܢ (ḥimman)
construct ܚܸܡ (ḥim) 2nd person ܚܸܡܘܼܟ݂ (ḥimūḵ) ܚܸܡܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥimmāḵ) ܚܸܡܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥimmāwḵōn)
emphatic ܚܸܡܵܐ (ḥimmā) 3rd person ܚܸܡܹܗ (ḥimmēh) ܚܸܡܵܗ̇ (ḥimmāh) ܚܸܡܗܘܿܢ (ḥimhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܚܸܡܝܼ̈ (ḥimī) ܚܸܡܲܢ̈ (ḥimman)
construct ܚܸܡܲܝ̈ (ḥimmay) 2nd person ܚܸܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥimūḵ) ܚܸܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥimmāḵ) ܚܸܡܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥimmāwḵōn)
emphatic ܚܸܡܹ̈ܐ (ḥimmē) 3rd person ܚܸܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥimūh) ܚܸܡ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (ḥimmōh) ܚܸܡܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥimhōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḥamw-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܡܐ • (ḥəmā) m (plural ܚܡܗܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܬܐ)

  1. father-in-law
  2. (in the plural) relatives, family

Usage notes

The word ܚܡܐ is one of only three nouns in the entire language that have an irregular possessive stem ending in the letter Waw; the other two being ܐܒܐ (ʾăḇā, “father”) and ܐܚܐ (ʾăḥā, “brother”).

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܡܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܚܡ 1st person ܚܡܝ ܚܡܘܢ
construct ܚܡ 2nd person ܚܡܘܟ ܚܡܘܟܝ ܚܡܘܟܘܢ ܚܡܘܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܡܐ 3rd person ܚܡܘܗܝ ܚܡܘܗ ܚܡܘܗܘܢ ܚܡܘܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܚܡܗܝܢ 1st person ܚܡܗܝ ܚܡܗܝܢ
construct ܚܡܗܝ 2nd person ܚܡܗܝܟ ܚܡܗܝܟܝ ܚܡܗܝܟܘܢ ܚܡܗܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܡܗܐ 3rd person ܚܡܗܘܗܝ ܚܡܗܝܗ ܚܡܗܝܗܘܢ ܚܡܗܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

References

  • “ḥm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-24
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 108a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 145b
  • 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 461b
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