أَمْهَش
έˀɛmhɛ-, έmhɛ-
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 έmhɛs ŝfáḳeʰ keʰ kóḥoʰ seʰ eʸhέroʰ έmhɛs 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

-

ɛˀɛmhέki

-

2 m.

έˀɛmhɛk or έˀɛmhɛtk

ɛˀɛmhέki

ɛˀɛmhέken or ɛˀɛmhέtken

2 f.

έˀɛmhɛš or έˀɛmhɛy or έˀɛmhɛtš

3 m.

έˀɛmhɛš or έˀɛmhɛʸh or έˀɛmhɛtš

ɛˀɛmhέʸhi

ɛˀɛmhέʸhen or ɛˀɛmhέtšen

3 f.

έˀɛmhɛs or έˀɛmhɛts

ɛˀɛmhέsen or ɛˀɛmhέtsen

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