እም

Argobba

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Noun

እም (ʾəm) f

mother

Ge'ez

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Noun

እም • (ʾəmm) f (plural እማት (ʾəmmat))

mother

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šim.

Alternative forms

እመ (ʾəmmä) – more often

Conjunction

እም • (ʾəm)

if, introduces the protasis of a conditional sentence

References

Dillmann, August (1865), “እም”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 726–728
Leslau, Wolf (1991), “እም”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 22a–23b

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Noun

እም • (ʾəm) f (plural እማት (ʾəmmat))

mother

References

Littmann, Enno; Höfner, Maria (1962), “እም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 353a

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