ܗܡܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܐ ܡ ܢ (ˀ m n)
4 terms

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [hammɪn.]

Interjection

ܗܲܡܸܢ • (hammin)

1. believe me, make no mistake, take it from me
2. indeed, certainly, for sure

Verb

ܗܲܡܸܢ • (hammin) (feminine singular ܗܲܡܸܢܝ (hammin), plural ܗܲܡܢܘܼܢ (hamnūn))

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of ܡܗܲܡܸܢ (mhammin)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew הָמוֹן (hāmôn).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [hɑˈmɑnː]

Noun

ܗܵܡܵܢ • (hāmān) f

1. death
2. place of the dead, hell

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew הָמוֹן (hāmôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑˈmɑn]

Noun

ܗܡܢ • (hāmān) f (uncountable)

1. death
2. place of the dead, hell

References

• “hmn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 78a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 104b
• 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. 345b