ܚܡܡ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܚܵܐܹܡ (ḥāˀēm)

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܡ ܡ (ḥ m m)
10 terms

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܚܡ, from Aramaic חֲמַם (ḥămam); compare Arabic حَمَّ (ḥamma) and Hebrew הִתְחַמֵּם (hitkhamém). Doublet of the alternate native form ܚܵܐܸܡ (ḥāˀim), inherited from Aramaic.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xɑːmemː]

Verb

ܚܵܡܹܡ • (ḥāmēm) (present participle ܚܡܵܡܵܐ (ḥmāmā), past participle ܚܡܝܼܡܵܐ (ḥmīmā))

1. (intransitive) to be/become hot, heat up

   Antonym: ܩܵܪܹܪ (qārēr)

   ܟܹܐ ܚܵܡܹܡ ܠܝܼ ― kē ḥāmēm lī ― I am hot (literally, “It is hot to me”)

   ܒܸܚܡܵܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܒܲܕܲܪ ― biḥmāmā ìlēh l-baddar ― It’s getting hot outside.

2. (intransitive) to be/become angry, very agitated

   Synonyms: ܪܵܓ݂ܹܙ (rāḡēz), ܐܵܠܹܡ (ālēm), ܥܵܐܹܛ (ˁāˀēṭ), ܟܵܪܹܒ (kārēb)

3. (intransitive, slang) to be/become horny, excited, passionate, randy

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܚܵܡܹܡ (ḥāmēm)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܚܡܝܼܡ ܠܝܼ (ḥmīm lī)	ܚܡܝܼܡ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (ḥmīm lūḵ)	ܚܡܝܼܡ ܠܹܗ (ḥmīm lēh)	ܚܡܝܼܡ ܠܲܢ (ḥmīm lan)	ܚܡܝܼܡ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥmīm lāwḵōn)	ܚܡܝܼܡ ܠܗܘܿܢ (ḥmīm lhōn)
	f		ܚܡܝܼܡ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥmīm lāḵ)	ܚܡܝܼܡ ܠܵܗ̇ (ḥmīm lāh)
non-past	m	ܚܵܡܡܹܢ (ḥāmmēn)	ܚܵܡܡܹܬ (ḥāmmēt)	ܚܵܡܹܡ (ḥāmēm)	ܚܵܡܡܲܚ (ḥāmmaḥ)	ܚܵܡܡܝܼܬܘܿܢ (ḥāmmītōn)	ܚܵܡܡܝܼ (ḥāmmī)
	f	ܚܵܡܡܵܢ (ḥāmmān)	ܚܵܡܡܵܬܝ (ḥāmmāt)	ܚܵܡܡܵܐ (ḥāmmā)
imperative	m		ܚܡܘܿܡ (ḥmōm)			ܚܡܘܿܡܘܼܢ (ḥmōmūn)
	f		ܚܡܘܿܡܝ (ḥmōm)