ܚܡܝܡܐ

From Aramaic חַמִּימָא (ḥamīmā); compare Arabic حَمِيم (ḥamīm) and Hebrew חַם (kham). Of the adjective pattern 1a22ī3ā.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xam.miːmɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xamiːmɑː]

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

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

   Antonym: ܩܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ (qarīrā, “cold”)

   ܙܗܘܿܪ! ܡܲܩܠܝܵܐ ܚܲܡܝܼܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ.

   zhōr! maqlyā ḥamīmā ìlēh.

   Be careful! the pan is hot!

   ܐܝܼܬ ܡ̈ܝܼܵܐ ܚܲܡܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ ܒܟܠܹܗ ܝܵܘܡܵܐ؟

   īt mīyā ḥamīmē bkullēh yāwmā?

   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

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”).

• ܚܸܡܬܵܐ (ḥimtā, “heat”)
• ܚܸܡܵܐ (ḥimmā, “heat, hot weather”)