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ܚܡܪܐ

ܚܡܪܐ

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