ܚܡܝܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ ܡ ܥ related to fermenting, from Proto-Semitic *ḥ-m-ḍ. Compare Arabic حَمْض (ḥamḍ) and Hebrew חָמֵץ (ḥāmēṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħammiʕɑ]

Noun

ܚܡܝܥܐ • (transliteration neededm(uncountable)

  1. ferment, leaven, yeast

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܡܝܥܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܚܡܝܥ 1st person ܚܡܝܥܝ ܚܡܝܥܢ
construct ܚܡܝܥ 2nd person ܚܡܝܥܟ ܚܡܝܥܟܝ ܚܡܝܥܟܘܢ ܚܡܝܥܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܡܝܥܐ 3rd person ܚܡܝܥܗ ܚܡܝܥܗ ܚܡܝܥܗܘܢ ܚܡܝܥܗܝܢ

Synonyms

References

  • ḥmyˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 108b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 146b
  • 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 464a