אומה
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Cognate with Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “ummah”).
Noun
[edit]אומה / אֻמָּה • ('umá) f (plural indefinite אומות / אֻמּוֹת, singular construct אומת / אֻמַּת־)
Synonyms
[edit]- גּוֹי (goi, “a nation, especially a nation other than Israel”)
- לאום / לְאֹם (leóm)
- עַם (am, “a nation, people; crowd”)
Derived terms
[edit]- האומות המאוחדות / הַאֻמּוֹת הַמְּאֻחָדוֹת (ha'umót hame'ukhadót)
Descendants
[edit]- Yiddish: אומה (ume)
References
[edit]- “אומה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]
אומה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]אוֹמָה • (omá) f (singular construct אומת־)
- (Mishnaic Hebrew, anatomy) caudal lobe (of the lung)[1]
References
[edit]- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 20 September 2022 (last accessed), archived from the original on 16 September 2022
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה ('umá, “nation”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA(key): /ˈʊmə/
- (Mideastern) IPA(key): /ˈɪmə/
- (Southeastern) IPA(key): /ˈɨmə/
Noun
[edit]אומה • (ume) f, plural אומות (umes)