ܚܡܐ
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ħ(ə)mɑ]
Noun
ܚܡܐ • (ḥəmāʾ) m (plural ܚܡܗܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܬܐ)
- father-in-law
- (in the plural) relatives, family
Inflection
declension of ܚܡܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܚܡ | ܚܡܗܝܢ |
| construct | ܚܡ | ܚܡܗܝ |
| emphatic | ܚܡܐ | ܚܡܗܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܚܡܝ | ܚܡܗܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܚܡܘܟ | ܚܡܗܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܚܡܘܟܝ | ܚܡܗܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܚܡܘܗܝ | ܚܡܗܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܚܡܘܗ | ܚܡܗܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܚܡܘܢ | ܚܡܗܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܚܡܘܟܘܢ | ܚܡܗܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܚܡܘܟܝܢ | ܚܡܗܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܚܡܘܗܘܢ | ܚܡܗܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܚܡܘܗܝܢ | ܚܡܗܝܗܝܢ |
Usage notes
The word ܚܡܐ is one of only three nouns in the entire language that have an irregular possessive stem ending in the letter Waw; the other two being ܐܒܐ (ʾăḇāʾ, “father”) and ܐܚܐ (ʾăḥāʾ, “brother”).
Synonyms
- ܚܡܝܢܐ (ḥemyānāʾ)
References
- “ḥm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-24
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 108a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 145b
- 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. 461b
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