ܠܡܛܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From the previous form *ܢܲܡܛܵܐ (*namṭā), from Aramaic נַמְטָא (namṭā), from Middle Persian [script needed] (nmt' /namad/, “felt, fibers”), from Proto-Iranian *namatā- (“cloth made of hairs”); also borrowed into Arabic نَمَط (namaṭ, “drugget”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [lam.tˤɑː]
Noun
ܠܲܡܛܵܐ • (lamṭā) m sg (plural ܠܲܛܡܹ̈ܐ (laṭmē))
- felt (material made from wool, or from wool and fur)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܡܲܛ (lmaṭ) | 1st person | ܠܲܡܛܝܼ (lamṭī) | ܠܲܡܛܲܢ (lamṭan) | |||
| construct | ܠܡܲܛ (lmaṭ) | 2nd person | ܠܲܡܛܘܼܟ݂ (lamṭōḵ) | ܠܲܡܛܵܟ݂ܝ (lamṭāḵ) | ܠܲܡܛܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lamṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܲܡܛܵܐ (lamṭā) | 3rd person | ܠܲܡܛܹܗ (lamṭēh) | ܠܲܡܛܵܗ̇ (lamṭāh) | ܠܲܡܛܗܘܿܢ (lamṭhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܠܲܡܛܝܼ̈ܢ (lamṭīn) | 1st person | ܠܲܡܛܝܼ̈ (lamṭī) | ܠܲܡܛܲܢ̈ (lamṭan) | |||
| construct | ܠܲܡܛܲܝ̈ (lamṭay) | 2nd person | ܠܲܡܛܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (lamṭōḵ) | ܠܲܡܛܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (lamṭāḵ) | ܠܲܡܛܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lamṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܲܡܛܹ̈ܐ (lamṭē) | 3rd person | ܠܲܡܛܘܼ̈ܗܝ (lamṭūh) | ܠܲܡܛܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (lamṭōh) | ܠܲܡܛܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (lamṭayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܩܢܹܐ ܠܲܡܛܵܐ (qnē lamṭā)
- ܠܲܡܛܵܝܵܐ (lamṭāyā)
References
- “ܠܲܡܛܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 21 May 2025 (last accessed)