ܐܡܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔam(mə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic أَمَة (ʾama(t)) and Hebrew אָמָה (ʾāmâ).

Noun

ܐܡܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܡܗܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܥܒܕܐ)

  1. maidservant
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew אַמָּה (ʾammâ).

Noun

ܐܡܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܡܐ)

  1. (anatomy) forearm
  2. cubit
Inflection

References

  • )mhh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • )mh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 11a-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 19a, 20b
  • 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. 58a
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