ܚܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic حَم (ḥam) and Hebrew חָם (ḥām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)mɑ]

Noun

ܚܡܐ (ḥəmāʾ) m (plural ܚܡܗܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܬܐ)

  1. father-in-law
  2. (in the plural) relatives, family
Inflection

Usage notes

The word ܚܡܐ is one of only three nouns in the entire language that have an irregular possessive stem ending in the letter Waw; the other two being ܐܒܐ (ʾăḇāʾ, father) and ܐܚܐ (ʾăḥāʾ, brother).

Synonyms

  • ܚܡܝܢܐ (ḥemyānāʾ)

References

  • ḥm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-24
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 108a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 145b
  • 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. 461b
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