Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛmmɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܐܡܗܐ or ܐܡܗܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܒܐ)

1. mother
2. abbess
3. metropolis
4. (figuratively) source, origin
5. (anatomy) womb

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܐܘܡܬܐ
• ܐܡܐ ܕܓܡܠܐ
• ܐܡܐ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ
• ܐܡܐ ܕܪܝܫܐ
• ܐܡܘܡܐ

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew אַמָּה ‎(ʾammâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔammɑ(ʔ)], [ʔɑmɑ(ʔ)], [ʔemɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔamme(ʔ)], [ʔɑme(ʔ)], [ʔeme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܐܡܐ)

1. canal, aqueduct

Inflection

Etymology 3

Noun

ܐܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܐܡܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔammɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܐܡܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔamme(ʔ)]

References

• “)m”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-07-02
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 11a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 18b
• 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. 52b