أَمْهَش
ɛ́ˀɛmhɛ-, ɛ́mhɛ-
basic morphological information

n. (f.)

mother
мать
أُمُّهُ
LS 62 ; CSOL II 389; Naumkin et al. 2015a:57
text examples

éḳdomk ˁážeʰ di-ḳáddamat diˀáḷ ḳáẓ̂i ˁámok ɛ ken sóˀoʰ fɔ́ne deš ˁážeʰ di-boḳ ɛ́mhɛs ŝfáḳeʰ keʰ kóḥoʰ seʰ eʸhɛ́roʰ ɛ́mhɛs  ken kfes keʰ eróḥoʰ ˁes ‘I saw a woman who was presenting her case to a judge. And I said: “Oh, her mother before was indeed very clever. Now this woman, if she could just follow the example of her mother, that would be enough for her, if she could manage it.”’ (CSOL II 30:13)

morphological notes

Used with pronominal suffixes only.

 

Sg.

Du.

Pl.

1

-

ɛˀɛmhɛ́ki

-

2 m.

ɛ́ˀɛmhɛk or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛtk

ɛˀɛmhɛ́ki

ɛˀɛmhɛ́ken or ɛˀɛmhɛ́tken

2 f.

ɛ́ˀɛmhɛš or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛy or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛtš

3 m.

ɛ́ˀɛmhɛš or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛʸh or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛtš

ɛˀɛmhɛ́ʸhi

ɛˀɛmhɛ́ʸhen or ɛˀɛmhɛ́tšen

3 f.

ɛ́ˀɛmhɛs or ɛ́ˀɛmhɛts

ɛˀɛmhɛ́sen or ɛˀɛmhɛ́tsen

1 sg. and pl. forms are unknown to the informants and could not be elicited from them.

root
etymology

From PS *ˀimm- ‘mother’.

continental MSA