From Aramaic חֵמְּיָנָא (ḥemyānā), variant of חְמָּא (ḥəmā); related to Arabic حَم (ḥam) and Hebrew חָם (khám). The original form is reflected in ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܵܐ (barḥmāyā, “Wife’s brother”).
ܚܸܡܝܵܢܵܐ • (ḥimyānā) m (plural ܚܸܡܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥimyānē), feminine ܚܡܵܬܵܐ (ḥmātā))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܝܼ (ḥimyānī) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܲܢ (ḥimyānan) | |||
| construct | ܚܸܡܝܵܢ (ḥimyān) | 2nd person | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (ḥimyānūḵ) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥimyānāḵ) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥimyānāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܵܐ (ḥimyānā) | 3rd person | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܹܗ (ḥimyānēh) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܵܗ̇ (ḥimyānāh) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܗܘܿܢ (ḥimyānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܝܼ̈ (ḥimyānī) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܲܢ̈ (ḥimyānan) | |||
| construct | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܲܝ̈ (ḥimyānay) | 2nd person | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥimyānūḵ) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥimyānāḵ) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥimyānāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥimyānē) | 3rd person | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥimyānūh) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (ḥimyānōh) | ܚܸܡܝܵܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥimyānhōn) | |||