ܚܡܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܡ ܡ (ḥ m m)
10 terms

Inherited from Aramaic ; compare Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma) and Hebrew חֵמָה (khemá).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܸܡܵܐ (ḥimmām (uncountable)

  1. heat (condition or quality of being hot or at a high temperature)
    Antonym: ܩܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ (qarṯā)
    ܚܸܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܒܲܪܵܐ.ḥimmā ìlēh lbarrā.It is hot outside. (literally, “It is the heat outside.”)
    • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 20:12:
      ܘܐܡܝܼܪ ܠܗܘܿܢ: «ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܘܡܚܘܼܫܒܢܝܼܢ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܡܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ، ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܕܛܥܝܼܢ ܠܲܢ ܝܘܼܩܪܵܐ ܘܚܸܡܵܐ ܕܝܲܘܡܵܐ».
      w-mīr lhōn: “hālēn ḥārāyē plīḥ lhōn ḥḏā šāˁṯā w-mḥušbnīn lōḵ mˀaḵwāṯan, aḥnan d-ṭˁīn lan yuqrā w-ḥimmā d-yawmā”.
      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 ܚܸܡ (ḥim) 1st person ܚܸܡܝܼ (ḥimī) ܚܸܡܲܢ (ḥimman)
construct ܚܸܡ (ḥim) 2nd person ܚܸܡܘܼܟ݂ (ḥimōḵ) ܚܸܡܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥimmāḵ) ܚܸܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥimmawḵōn)
emphatic ܚܸܡܵܐ (ḥimmā) 3rd person ܚܸܡܹܗ (ḥimmēh) ܚܸܡܵܗ̇ (ḥimmāh) ܚܸܡܗܘܿܢ (ḥimhōn)
plural absolute ܚܸܡܝܼ̈ܢ (ḥimīn) 1st person ܚܸܡܝܼ̈ (ḥimī) ܚܸܡܲܢ̈ (ḥimman)
construct ܚܸܡܲܝ̈ (ḥimmay) 2nd person ܚܸܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥimōḵ) ܚܸܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥimmāḵ) ܚܸܡܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥimmawḵōn)
emphatic ܚܸܡܹ̈ܐ (ḥimmē) 3rd person ܚܸܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥimūh) ܚܸܡܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ḥimmōh) ܚܸܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ḥimmayhōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḥamw-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܡܐ (ḥəmām (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, →ISBN, page 461b