ܐܠܡܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܐ ܠ ܡ related to being angry; compare Arabic أَلِم (ʔalim, “pain, grief, irritation”), Hebrew אַלִּים (ʾallîm, “violent”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈʔɛl.mɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔal.mɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔɛl.mo]
Based on regular sound changes, the Eastern pronunciation differs from the expected *[ˈʔɪl.mɑ].
Noun
ܐܠܡܐ • (ʾelmā) m (plural ܐܠܡܐ (ʾelmē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܠܡ | 1st person | ܐܠܡܝ | ܐܠܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܠܡ | 2nd person | ܐܠܡܟ | ܐܠܡܟܝ | ܐܠܡܟܘܢ | ܐܠܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܠܡܐ | 3rd person | ܐܠܡܗ | ܐܠܡܗ | ܐܠܡܗܘܢ | ܐܠܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܠܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܠܡܝ | ܐܠܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܠܡܝ | 2nd person | ܐܠܡܝܟ | ܐܠܡܝܟܝ | ܐܠܡܝܟܘܢ | ܐܠܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܠܡܐ | 3rd person | ܐܠܡܘܗܝ | ܐܠܡܝܗ | ܐܠܡܝܗܘܢ | ܐܠܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ˀlm2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 22 April 2013
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 10b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 50a