Хамъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic Хамъ (Xamŭ), from Ancient Greek Χάμ (Khám).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈxɑmʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈxamʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈxam/
  • Hyphenation: Ха‧мъ

Proper noun

Хамъ (Xamŭ) m

  1. (biblical) Ham
    • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 1:
      по потопѣ. первиє снве ноєви раꙁдѣлиша ꙁємлю. симъ. хамъ. афєтъ.
      po potopě. pervie snve noevi razděliša zemlju. simŭ. xamŭ. afetŭ.
      After the Flood, the first sons of Noah divided the earth: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

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