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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܚ-ܡ-ܥ (ḥ-m-ʿ). Parallel formation to Arabic حُمَّاض (ḥummāḍ, “sorrel, dock”). Doublet of ܚܲܡܘܼܨܬܵܐ (ḥammūṣtā, “rhubarb”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܲܡܘܼܥܬܵܐ • (ḥammūʿtā) f (plural ܚܲܡܘܼܥܝ̈ܵܬܵܐ (ḥammūʿəyāṯā))
- sorrel, dock (Rumex species)
References
- “ḥmwˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 377
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 240b
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 358–360