אמא
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"
Aramaic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Syriac: ܐܡܐ
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]אִמָּא • (ʾimmā) f (plural אמהתא, singular masculine counterpart אבא)
- 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
- בראשית רבה ע, טז
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Aramaic אִמָּא (ʾimmā).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)i.ma/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]אִמָּא • (íma) f (plural indefinite אִמָּהוֹת, masculine counterpart אַבָּא)
- 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
[edit]- אֵם (em) (less common, more formal)
Derived terms
[edit]- אמא׳לה (ímale)
Further reading
[edit]
אמא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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