אומה
Hebrew
editEtymology 1
editCognate with Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “ummah”).
Noun
editאומה / אֻמָּה • ('umá) f (plural indefinite אומות / אֻמּוֹת, singular construct אומת / אֻמַּת־)
Synonyms
edit- גּוֹי (goi, “a nation, especially a nation other than Israel”)
- לאום / לְאֹם (leóm)
- עַם (am, “a nation, people; crowd”)
Derived terms
edit- האומות המאוחדות / הַאֻמּוֹת הַמְּאֻחָדוֹת (ha'umót hame'ukhadót)
Descendants
edit- Yiddish: אומה (ume)
References
edit- “אומה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
edit- אומה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editאוֹמָה • (omá) f (singular construct אומת־)
- (Mishnaic Hebrew, anatomy) caudal lobe (of the lung)[1]
References
edit- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2022 September 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 16 September 2022
Yiddish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה ('umá, “nation”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editאומה • (ume) f, plural אומות (umes)