𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸

Hittite

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”), cognate with Latin imāgō f (“image, imitation”) and Latin imitor (“to imitate”).^[1]

𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 • (ḫi-im-ma-aš /χimːas/) c

Broad transcription
a-stem noun¹
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	ḫimmaš	ḫimmeš, ḫimmiš
nominative
vocative	ḫimmi, ḫimma	–
vocative
accusative	ḫimman	ḫimmuš
accusative
genitive	ḫimmaš	ḫimmaš, ḫimman²
genitive
dative-locative	ḫimmi	ḫimmaš
dative-locative
allative	ḫimma	–
allative
ablative	ḫimmaz(a)	ḫimmaz(a)
ablative
instrumental	ḫimmit	ḫimmit
instrumental
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
nominative	ḫi-im-ma-aš	ḫi-im-me-eš, ḫi-im-mi-iš
vocative	𒄭𒅎𒈠, 𒄭𒅎𒈪	–
vocative	ḫi-im-ma, ḫi-im-mi
accusative	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀭	𒄭𒅎𒈬𒍑
accusative	ḫi-im-ma-an	ḫi-im-mu-uš
genitive	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸, 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀭
genitive	ḫi-im-ma-aš	ḫi-im-ma-aš, ḫi-im-ma-an
dative-locative	𒄭𒅎𒈪	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸
dative-locative	ḫi-im-mi	ḫi-im-ma-aš
allative	𒄭𒅎𒈠	–
allative	ḫi-im-ma
ablative	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒊍	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒊍
ablative	ḫi-im-ma-az	ḫi-im-ma-az
instrumental	𒄭𒅎𒈪𒀉	𒄭𒅎𒈪𒀉
instrumental	ḫi-im-mi-it	ḫi-im-mi-it
More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration

^ 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