Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)mɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܡܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܡܗܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܡܐ)

1. mother-in-law

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܡ-ܡ ‎(ḥ-m-m) related to being hot. Compare Arabic حُمَّة ‎(ḥumma(t)) and Hebrew חֵמָה ‎(ḥēmâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛm(mə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛm(mə)θe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܡܬܐ)

1. heat, passion, ardor/ardour
2. anger, wrath, fury, rage
3. venom, poison
4. (medicine) inflammation from venom

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܚ-ܡ-ܡ ‎(ḥ-m-m) related to being hot. Compare Arabic حَمَّة ‎(ḥamma(t)) and Hebrew חַמָּה ‎(ḥammâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħam(mə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħam(mə)θe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܡܬܐ)

1. heat
2. (medicine) fever
3. pubescent maiden

Inflection

Antonyms

• (heat): ܩܪܬܐ

References

• “xmh”, 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. 107b, 108a, 109a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 148a
• 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, p. 469a