ܚܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḥimār- (donkey); compare Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār), Hebrew חֲמוֹר (ḥămôr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə.)ˈmɑ.rɑ], [ˈħɛm.rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə.)ˈmɑ.re], [ˈħɛm.re] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܐ (ḥəmārā) c (plural ܚܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܪܬܐ)

  1. donkey, ass, jack
  2. earthworm
  3. (figuratively, music) bridge (of a stringed instrument)
Inflection

Etymology 2

Modified from above; compare Arabic حَمَّار (ḥammār), Hebrew חַמָּר (ḥammār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħamˈmɑ.rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħamˈmɑ.re] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܐ (ḥammārā) m (plural ܚܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܪܬܐ)

  1. donkey driver
Inflection

Etymology 3

From Proto-Semitic *ḫmr; compare Arabic خَمْر (ḵamr), Hebrew חֶמֶר (ḥémer).

Alternative forms

  • ܚܘܡܪܐ (ḥūmrā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈħam.rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈħam.re], [ħamˈrɑ.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܐ (ḥamrā) m (plural ܚܡܪܢܐ or ܚܡܪܐ)

  1. wine
Inflection

Etymology 4

Modified from above; compare Arabic خَمَّار (ḵammār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħamˈmɑ.rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħamˈmɑ.re] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܪܐ (ḥammārā) m (plural ܚܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܡܪܬܐ)

  1. vintner
Inflection

References

  • ḥmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-25
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 108b-109a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 147b
  • 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, pp. 467b-468a
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