אמא

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܐܡܐ

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛmɑʔ/

Noun

אמא • (transliteration needed) f (plural אמהתא, singular masculine counterpart אבא)

1. mother
   • בראשית רבה ע, טז

     [כט, יז] "וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת", אֲמוֹרָאֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן תִּרְגֵּם קוֹדְמוֹי: וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: עֵינוֹהִי דְּאִימָּךְ הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ἀμμά (ammá)
  • → Coptic: ⲁⲙⲁ (ama)
• → Hebrew: אִמָּא (íma)

References

• “ˀm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic אִמָּא (ʾimmā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

אִמָּא • (íma) f (plural indefinite אמהות, masculine counterpart אבא)

1. mother

Synonyms

• אֵם (em) (less common, more formal)

Derived terms

• אמא׳לה (ímale)

Further reading

• אמא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he