Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)mɑrɑ(ʔ)], [ħɛmrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)mɑre(ʔ)], [ħɛmre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܐ • ‎(ḥmārā) c ‎(plural ܚܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܪܬܐ)

1. donkey, ass, jack
2. earthworm
3. (figuratively, music) bridge (of a stringed instrument)

Inflection

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Arabic حَمَّار ‎(ḥammār) and Hebrew חַמָּר ‎(ḥammār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħammɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħammɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܪܬܐ)

1. donkey driver

Inflection

Etymology 3

From Proto-Semitic *ḫmr. Compare Arabic خَمْر ‎(ḫamr) and Hebrew חֶמֶר ‎(ḥémer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħamrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħamre(ʔ)], [ħamrɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܡܪܢܐ or ܚܡܪܐ)

1. wine

Inflection

Etymology 4

Modified from above. Compare Arabic خَمَّار ‎(ḫammār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħammɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħammɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܪܬܐ)

1. vintner

Inflection

References

• “xmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 108b-109a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 147b
• 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, pp. 467b-468a