ܚܘܡܫܐ

• IPA^(key): [ħumʃɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħumʃe] (plural)

Derived from ܚܡܫܐ‎ (ḥamšā, “five”). Compare Arabic خُمْس‎ (ḵums) and Hebrew חֹמֶשׁ‎ (ḥṓmeš).

ܚܘܡܫܐ • (ḥumšā) m (plural ܚܘܡܫܐ (ḥumšē))

1. (fractional number) fifth (⅕)

• ܚܡܝܫܝܐ‎

From Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ- According to Rainer Degen via Hebrew חֹמֶשׁ‎ (ḥṓmeš).

ܚܘܡܫܐ • (ḥumšā) m (plural ܚܘܡܫܐ (ḥumšē))

1. abdomen, belly, loins, stomach

• “ḥwmš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥwmšˀ”, 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, page 99b,109a
• Degen, Rainer (1978), “Ḥumšā, ein hebräisches Lehnwort im Syrischen”, in Oriens Christianus, volume 62, pages 53–59
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 132a
• 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, page 427b