Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *ḥ-m-r. Compare Hebrew חֲמוֹרָה (ḥămôrâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)mɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)mɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܡܪܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܡܪܐ)

  1. donkey, she-ass, jenny
Inflection edit
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Modified from above.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħammɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħammɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܡܪܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܡܪܐ)

  1. donkey driver
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

Modified from ܚܡܪܐ (ḥamrā(ʾ), wine), from Proto-Semitic *ḫ-m-r.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħammɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħammɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܡܪܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܡܪܐ)

  1. vintner
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥmrh”, 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, pp. 108b-109a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 147b
  • 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. 468a