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Classical Syriac

[ʔɛmmɑ(ʔ)], [ʔammɑ(ʔ)], [ʔamme(ʔ)], [ʔammɑ(ʔ)], [ʔamme(ʔ)]

noun
Definitions
  • mother
  • abbess
  • metropolis
  • (figuratively) source, origin
  • (anatomy) womb

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʾimm-.

Origin

Proto-Semitic

*ʾimm-

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