Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)mɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)mɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܡܪܐ)

1. donkey, she-ass, jenny

Inflection

Synonyms

• ܐܬܢܐ

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħammɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħammɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܡܪܐ)

1. donkey driver

Inflection

Etymology 3

Modified from ܚܡܪܐ ‎(ḥamrā(ʾ), “wine”), from Proto-Semitic *ḫmr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħammɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħammɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܡܪܐ)

1. vintner

Inflection

References

• “xmrh”, 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, p. 468a