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אמא

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Aramaic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    אִמָּא (ʾimmāf (plural אמהתא, singular masculine counterpart אבא)

    1. mother
      • בראשית רבה ע, טז
        [כט, יז] ״וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת״, אֲמוֹרָאֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן תִּרְגֵּם קוֹדְמוֹי: וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: עֵינוֹהִי דְּאִימָּךְ הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין

    Descendants

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    • Ancient Greek: ἀμμά (ammá), ἀμμάς (ammás)
      • Coptic: ⲁⲙⲁ (ama)
    • Hebrew: אִמָּא (íma)

    References

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    • ˀm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
    • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
    • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

    Hebrew

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Aramaic אִמָּא (ʾimmā).

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      אִמָּא (ímaf (plural indefinite אִמָּהוֹת, masculine counterpart אַבָּא)

      1. mother
        באותה תקופה תמיד הייתי מבקרת את אמא שלי ביוון לכמה שבועות בקיץ.
        b'otáh t'kufá tamíd hayíti m'vakéret et íma shelí b'yaván l'káma shavu'ót bakáyits.
        At the time, I would always visit my mum in Greece for a few weeks in the summer.

      Synonyms

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      • אֵם (em) (less common, more formal)

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