| Root |
|---|
| ܚ ܡ ܡ (ḥ m m) |
| 10 terms |
Compare Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma) and Hebrew חֵמָה (khemá).
ܚܸܡܵܐ • (ḥimmā) m (uncountable)
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 of ܚܸܡܵܐ (ḥimmā) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | 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) | |||
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḥamw-.
ܚܡܐ • (ḥəmā) m (plural ܚܡܗܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܬܐ)
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”).
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܚܡ | ܚܡܗܝܢ |
| construct | ܚܡ | ܚܡܗܝ |
| emphatic | ܚܡܐ | ܚܡܗܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܚܡܝ | ܚܡܗܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܚܡܘܟ | ܚܡܗܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܚܡܘܟܝ | ܚܡܗܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܚܡܘܗܝ | ܚܡܗܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܚܡܘܗ | ܚܡܗܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܚܡܘܢ | ܚܡܗܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܚܡܘܟܘܢ | ܚܡܗܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܚܡܘܟܝܢ | ܚܡܗܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܚܡܘܗܘܢ | ܚܡܗܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܚܡܘܗܝܢ | ܚܡܗܝܗܝܢ |