Hemmerdinger proposes a derivation from Egyptian ꜥmꜣw (“a kind of medicinal plant”), but, as both the reading and the meaning of that word are uncertain, its status as an etymon is highly questionable.
ἄμῐ • (ámi) n (genitive ἄμεως); third declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓́μῐ tò ámi |
τὼ ᾰ̓́μει tṑ ámei |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́μη / ᾰ̓́μεᾰ tà ámē / ámea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́μεως toû ámeōs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μέοιν toîn améoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓́μεων tôn ámeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́μει tôi ámei |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μέοιν toîn améoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓́μεσῐ / ᾰ̓́μεσῐν toîs ámesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓́μῐ tò ámi |
τὼ ᾰ̓́μει tṑ ámei |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́μη / ᾰ̓́μεᾰ tà ámē / ámea | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́μῐ ámi |
ᾰ̓́μει ámei |
ᾰ̓́μη / ᾰ̓́μεᾰ ámē / ámea | ||||||||||
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