ܝܣܡܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic יַסְמָא (yasmā), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾsmn'); compare Persian یاسمن (yâsaman), Sogdian 𐫝𐫀𐫢𐫖𐫗 (cʾšmn /jāsmin/) and other Iranian borrowings.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [jasmɑː]
Noun
ܝܲܣܡܵܐ • (yasmā) m sg (plural ܝܲܣܡܹ̈ܐ (yasmē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܝܼܣܲܡ (īsam) | 1st person | ܝܲܣܡܝܼ (yasmī) | ܝܲܣܡܲܢ (yasman) | |||
| construct | ܝܼܣܲܡ (īsam) | 2nd person | ܝܲܣܡܘܼܟ݂ (yasmōḵ) | ܝܲܣܡܵܟ݂ܝ (yasmāḵ) | ܝܲܣܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yasmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܝܲܣܡܵܐ (yasmā) | 3rd person | ܝܲܣܡܹܗ (yasmēh) | ܝܲܣܡܵܗ̇ (yasmāh) | ܝܲܣܡܗܘܿܢ (yasmhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܝܲܣܡܝܼ̈ܢ (yasmīn) | 1st person | ܝܲܣܡܝܼ̈ (yasmī) | ܝܲܣܡܲܢ̈ (yasman) | |||
| construct | ܝܲܣܡܲܝ̈ (yasmay) | 2nd person | ܝܲܣܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (yasmōḵ) | ܝܲܣܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (yasmāḵ) | ܝܲܣܡܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yasmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܝܲܣܡܹ̈ܐ (yasmē) | 3rd person | ܝܲܣܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (yasmūh) | ܝܲܣܡܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (yasmōh) | ܝܲܣܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (yasmayhōn) | |||
Related terms
- ܝܵܣܡܝܼܢ (yāsmīn)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܝܣܡܝܢ (yasmin)
- ܝܣܡܢܓ (/ysmng/)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾsmn'). See Persian یاسمن (yâsaman) for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jasmɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [jasme] (plural)
Noun
ܝܣܡܐ • (yasmā) m (plural ܝܣܡܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܝܣܡ | 1st person | ܝܣܡܝ | ܝܣܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܣܡ | 2nd person | ܝܣܡܟ | ܝܣܡܟܝ | ܝܣܡܟܘܢ | ܝܣܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܣܡܐ | 3rd person | ܝܣܡܗ | ܝܣܡܗ | ܝܣܡܗܘܢ | ܝܣܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܝܣܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܝܣܡܝ | ܝܣܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܣܡܝ | 2nd person | ܝܣܡܝܟ | ܝܣܡܝܟܝ | ܝܣܡܝܟܘܢ | ܝܣܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܣܡܐ | 3rd person | ܝܣܡܘܗܝ | ܝܣܡܝܗ | ܝܣܡܝܗܘܢ | ܝܣܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ysmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 188
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 142b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 194a
- 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 577a