"אמא" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʔima/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /ˈima/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Buffer-אמא.wav Forms: אִמָּא [canonical, feminine], 'íma [romanization], אמהות [indefinite, plural], אבא [masculine]
Etymology: Borrowed from Aramaic אִמָּא (ʾimmā). Etymology templates: {{ety|he|:bor|arc:אִמָּא}}, {{bor+|he|arc|אִמָּא|tr=ʾimmā}} Borrowed from Aramaic אִמָּא (ʾimmā) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=f|m=אבא|pl=אמהות|tr='íma|wv=אִמָּא}} אִמָּא • ('íma) f (plural indefinite אמהות, masculine counterpart אבא)
  1. mother Synonyms: אֵם (em) (english: more formal) [uncommon] Derived forms: אמא׳לה (ímale)
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    },
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      "form": "אמהות",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אבא",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "he:Parents",
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          "word": "אמא׳לה"
        }
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        "mother"
      ],
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          "mother",
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        ]
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          "word": "אֵם"
        }
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "אמא"
}
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      "roman": "ímale",
      "word": "אמא׳לה"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "arc",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Aramaic אִמָּא (ʾimmā).",
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      "form": "אִמָּא",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'íma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אמהות",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אבא",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "m": "אבא",
        "pl": "אמהות",
        "tr": "'íma",
        "wv": "אִמָּא"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Hebrew feminine nouns",
        "Hebrew lemmas",
        "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
        "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
        "Hebrew nouns",
        "Hebrew palindromes",
        "Hebrew terms borrowed from Aramaic",
        "Hebrew terms derived from Aramaic",
        "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
        "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "he:Female family members",
        "he:Parents"
      ],
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        "mother"
      ],
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        ]
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈima/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "more formal",
      "roman": "em",
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "translation": "more formal",
      "word": "אֵם"
    }
  ],
  "word": "אמא"
}

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