ܝܬܡܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *yatam- (“to be fatherless or without a guardian, to be without support of family or tribe, to be disenfranchised or alone”). Cognate with Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm), Aramaic יַתְמָא (yaṯmā), Phoenician 𐤉𐤕𐤌 (ytm), Classical Mandaic ࡉࡀࡕࡉࡌࡀ (yatima), Hebrew יָתוֹם (yatóm), Tigre ያፓም (yattam), and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎚𐎎 (ytm).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jaθmɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [jaθme] (plural)
Adjective
ܝܬܡܐ • (yaṯmā) m (plural ܝܬܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܬܡܬܐ)
Inflection
| person | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | f | m | f | |
| absolute | ܝܬܡ | ܝܬܡܐ | ܝܬܡܝܢ | ܝܬܡܢ |
| construct | ܝܬܡ | ܝܬܡܬ | ܝܬܡܝ | ܝܬܡܬ |
| emphatic | ܝܬܡܐ | ܝܬܡܬܐ | ܝܬܡܐ | ܝܬܡܬܐ |
Noun
ܝܬܡܐ • (yaṯmā) m (plural ܝܬܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܬܡܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܝܬܡ | 1st person | ܝܬܡܝ | ܝܬܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܬܡ | 2nd person | ܝܬܡܟ | ܝܬܡܟܝ | ܝܬܡܟܘܢ | ܝܬܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܬܡܐ | 3rd person | ܝܬܡܗ | ܝܬܡܗ | ܝܬܡܗܘܢ | ܝܬܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܝܬܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܝܬܡܝ | ܝܬܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܬܡܝ | 2nd person | ܝܬܡܝܟ | ܝܬܡܝܟܝ | ܝܬܡܝܟܘܢ | ܝܬܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܬܡܐ | 3rd person | ܝܬܡܘܗܝ | ܝܬܡܝܗ | ܝܬܡܝܗܘܢ | ܝܬܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ytm”, 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 147a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 200a
- 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 589b