𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸
Hittite
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”), cognate with Latin imāgō f (“image, imitation”) and Latin imitor (“to imitate”).[1]
Inflection
    
| Broad transcription | ||
|---|---|---|
| a-stem noun¹ | ||
| Common gender | Singular | Plural | 
| nominative | ḫimmaš | ḫimmeš, ḫimmiš | 
| vocative | ḫimmi, ḫimma | – | 
| accusative | ḫimman | ḫimmuš | 
| genitive | ḫimmaš | ḫimmaš, ḫimman² | 
| dative-locative | ḫimmi | ḫimmaš | 
| allative | ḫimma | – | 
| ablative | ḫimmaz(a) | ḫimmaz(a) | 
| instrumental | ḫimmit | ḫimmit | 
| 1. The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension. 2. Only in Old Hittite. | ||
| Cuneiform script | ||
|---|---|---|
| a-stem noun | ||
| Common gender | Singular | Plural | 
| nominative | 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 | 𒄭𒅎𒈨𒌍, 𒄭𒅎𒈪𒅖 | 
| ḫi-im-ma-aš | ḫi-im-me-eš, ḫi-im-mi-iš | |
| vocative | 𒄭𒅎𒈠, 𒄭𒅎𒈪 | – | 
| ḫi-im-ma, ḫi-im-mi | ||
| accusative | 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀭 | 𒄭𒅎𒈬𒍑 | 
| ḫi-im-ma-an | ḫi-im-mu-uš | |
| genitive | 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 | 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸, 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀭 | 
| ḫi-im-ma-aš | ḫi-im-ma-aš, ḫi-im-ma-an | |
| dative-locative | 𒄭𒅎𒈪 | 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 | 
| ḫi-im-mi | ḫi-im-ma-aš | |
| allative | 𒄭𒅎𒈠 | – | 
| ḫi-im-ma | ||
| ablative | 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒊍 | 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒊍 | 
| ḫi-im-ma-az | ḫi-im-ma-az | |
| instrumental | 𒄭𒅎𒈪𒀉 | 𒄭𒅎𒈪𒀉 | 
| ḫi-im-mi-it | ḫi-im-mi-it | |
| More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration | ||
References
    
- Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “ḫimma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
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