ܡܐܡܪܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܐ ܡ ܪ related to saying. Compare Hebrew מַאֲמָר (maʾămār).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [me(ʔ)mrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [me(ʔ)mre] (plural)
Noun
ܡܐܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܐܡܪܐ)
- speech, oration, diction
- discourse, tractate, treatise, chapter
- homily, sermon
- proposition
- (grammar) sentence, predicate, verb
- remark
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܐܡܪ | 1st person | ܡܐܡܪܝ | ܡܐܡܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܐܡܪ | 2nd person | ܡܐܡܪܟ | ܡܐܡܪܟܝ | ܡܐܡܪܟܘܢ | ܡܐܡܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܐܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܐܡܪܗ | ܡܐܡܪܗ | ܡܐܡܪܗܘܢ | ܡܐܡܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܐܡܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܐܡܪܝ | ܡܐܡܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܐܡܪܝ | 2nd person | ܡܐܡܪܝܟ | ܡܐܡܪܝܟܝ | ܡܐܡܪܝܟܘܢ | ܡܐܡܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܐܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܐܡܪܘܗܝ | ܡܐܡܪܝܗ | ܡܐܡܪܝܗܘܢ | ܡܐܡܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “mˀmr”, 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 12a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a
- 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, pages 701b–702a