אֲמָא

אֲמָאII, אֲמִי, fut. יֵימָא, imper. אֵימָא (√אם to join, v. אמר) to say, speak, think. Targ. Y. Gen. 33:10.Freq. in Talmud.אפילו תימא even if you will say, i. e. it may come right even if you assume that Succ.13b; a. fr.מי לֵימָא, (מי)נֵימָא or לימא must it be said, does it mean to say? Ib.; a. fr.(ואי) וכי תימא and if you should object. Ib.; a. fr.אלא אימא but rather say, i. e. the correct version is. Ib.; a. fr.אימא סיפא now read the second clause, i. e. how will you understand ? Ber.21b; a. fr.אֵימָא I might think. Ib.; a. fr.הוה אמינא I might have thought, I might have been led to believe. Erub.74b מאי הוה א׳ what might I have been led to believe?; a. fr.נימא כוותיה let him express his opinion in agreement with his authority, i. e. why does he not say so expressly? Taan.3a; a. fr.Pes.7b היכי נימא what else should he say? נימא למול should he use the expression lamol?Gitt.47b, a. fr. ס״ד אמינא it may occur to you to think; v. דַּעְתָּא. Yoma 85b אי הואי התם הוה אמינא had I been there, I should have said.קאמינא = קא אמינא I say, speak of, v. קָא. Gitt.47b; a. fr.