ܣܐܡܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ag | |
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Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic סָאמָא (sēʾmā), from Middle Persian [script needed] (sym /sēm/), from Ancient Greek ἄσημον (ásēmon, “silverware”); compare Classical Persian سیم (sēm).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܣܹܐܡܵܐ • (sēmā) m sg (plural ܣܹܐܡܹ̈ܐ (sēmē))
- (uncountable) silver (a lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag)
- (by extension, countable) silver object; bar, cutlery, coin, medal, etc.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܹܐܡ (sēm) | 1st person | ܣܹܐܡܝܼ (sēmī) | ܣܹܐܡܲܢ (sēman) | |||
| construct | ܣܹܐܡ (sēm) | 2nd person | ܣܹܐܡܘܼܟ݂ (sēmōḵ) | ܣܹܐܡܵܟ݂ܝ (sēmāḵ) | ܣܹܐܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sēmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܹܐܡܵܐ (sēmā) | 3rd person | ܣܹܐܡܹܗ (sēmēh) | ܣܹܐܡܵܗ̇ (sēmāh) | ܣܹܐܡܗܘܿܢ (sēmhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܹܐܡܝܼ̈ܢ (sēmīn) | 1st person | ܣܹܐܡܝܼ̈ (sēmī) | ܣܹܐܡܲܢ̈ (sēman) | |||
| construct | ܣܹܐܡܲܝ̈ (sēmay) | 2nd person | ܣܹܐܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (sēmōḵ) | ܣܹܐܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (sēmāḵ) | ܣܹܐܡܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sēmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܹܐܡܹ̈ܐ (sēmē) | 3rd person | ܣܹܐܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (sēmūh) | ܣܹܐܡܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (sēmōh) | ܣܹܐܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (sēmayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܣܹܐܡܵܢܵܝܵܐ (sēmānāyā)
- ܡܣܹܐܡܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (msēmūṯā, “silver dye”)
- ܣܹܐܡܵܐ ܐܲܪܝܵܢܵܐ (sēmā aryānā, “lead”)
- ܣܹܐܡܵܐ ܡܫܲܪܝܵܐ (sēmā mšaryā, “tin”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (sym /sēm/), compare Classical Persian سیم (sēm), from Ancient Greek ἄσημον (ásēmon, “silverware”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [semɑ]
Noun
ܣܐܡܐ • (sēmā) m(uncountable)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܐܡ | 1st person | ܣܐܡܝ | ܣܐܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܐܡ | 2nd person | ܣܐܡܟ | ܣܐܡܟܝ | ܣܐܡܟܘܢ | ܣܐܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܐܡܐ | 3rd person | ܣܐܡܗ | ܣܐܡܗ | ܣܐܡܗܘܢ | ܣܐܡܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܡܣܐܡܘܬܐ (məsēmūṯā, “silver dye”)
- ܣܐܡܐ ܐܪܝܢܐ (sēmā ʾaryānā, “lead”)
- ܣܐܡܐ ܡܫܪܝܐ (sēmā məšaryā, “tin”)
- ܣܐܡܢܝܐ (sēmānāyā, “silver …”)
References
- “sˀmˀ”, 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 217a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 356b
- 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 958b–959a