ܚܡܝܡܐ

Of the adjective pattern 1a22ī3ā, inherited from Aramaic חַמִּימָא (ḥammīmā); compare Arabic حَمِيم (ḥamīm) and Hebrew חַם (kham).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xammmiːmɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xamiːmɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [xamiːmɑː]

ܚܲܡܝܼܡܵܐ • (ḥamīmā) (feminine ܚܲܡܝܼܡܬܵܐ (ḥamīmtā), plural ܚܲܡܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ (ḥamīmē))

1. (physically) hot (relating to having or giving off a high temperature)

   Near-synonym: ܫܲܚܝܼܢܵܐ (šaḥīnā, “warm”)

   Antonym: ܩܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ (qarīrā, “cold”)

   ܙܗܘܿܪ! ܡܲܩܠܝܵܐ ܚܲܡܝܼܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ.

   zhōr! maqlyā ḥamīmā ìlēh.

   Be careful! the pan is hot!

   ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܚܲܡܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ ܒܟܠܹܗ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ؟

   īṯ mayyā ḥamīmē b-kullēh yawmā?

   Is there hot water all day?

2. hot, spicy

   Synonyms: ܚܲܪܝܼܦܵܐ (ḥarīpā), ܨܲܪܘܼܦܵܐ (ṣarūpā)

3. (slang) horny, excited, passionate, randy,
4. (slang) enthusiastic, willing, up for

• ܚܲܡܝܼܡܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (ḥamīmāˀīṯ)
• ܚܲܡܝܼܡܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥamīmūṯā)

To express feeling the sensation of heat, possessive pronouns are added to ܚܸܡܵܐ (ḥimmā), e.g. ܚܸܡܝܼ ܝܠܹܗ (ḥimī ìlēh, “I am hot”, literally “he (it) is my heat”).