ܥܡܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic עָמתָא (ʿamṯā); related to Arabic عَمَّة (ʕamma).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕam.tɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔam.tɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔam.tɑː]

Noun

ܥܲܡܬܵܐ • (ˁamtā) f sg (plural ܥܲܡܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ˁammātē) or ܥܲܡܬܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁamtāṯā), masculine ܕܵܕ݂ܵܐ (dāḏā) or ܥܲܡܵܐ (ˁammā))

  1. paternal blood aunt (sister of one's father)
    Coordinate terms: ܥܵܡܵܐ (ˁāmā), ܚܵܠܵܐ (ḥālā), ܚܵܠܬܵܐ (ḥāltā)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ܓܒ݂ܲܪ ܥܲܡܬܵܐ (gḇar ˁamtā, uncle (father's sister's husband))
  • ܒܲܪ ܥܲܡܬܵܐ (bar ˁamtā, cousin (father's sister's son))
  • ܒܲܪ݇ܬ݂ ܥܲܡܬܵܐ (baṯ ˁamtā, cousin (father's sister's daughter))

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic عَمَّة (ʕamma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕam(mə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕam(mə)mɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܥܡܬܐ • (ʿamməṯā) f (plural ܥܡܡܬܐ (ʿamməmāṯā) or ܥܡܬܐ (ʿammāṯā))

  1. paternal aunt (father's sister)

Inflection

Synonyms

See also

References

  • ˁmh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 255a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 419a
  • 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, page 1114a-b

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic עָמתָא (ʿamṯā); related to Arabic عَمَّة (ʕamma).

Noun

ܥܰܡܬ̣ܐ • (camṯo) f

  1. paternal aunt
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