Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܚ-ܡ-ܥ (ḥ-m-ʿ) related to fermenting.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܚܡܝܥܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) fermentation

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥmyˁw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 146b
  • 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. 464a