ܣܡܠܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܣ ܡ ܠ (s m l) |
| 4 terms |
Inherited from Aramaic סְמָלָא (səmālā), from Proto-Semitic *śimaʔl-; compare Arabic شِمَال (šimāl), Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (s'mól), Akkadian 𒆏 (šumēlum), and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (šmảl). The third definition is a semantic loan from English left.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [sɪmmɑːlɑː]
Noun
ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐ • (simmālā) f sg (plural ܣܸ̈ܡܵܠ݂ܹܐ)
- (uncountable) left (direction)
- Synonym: ܟ̰ܲܦܹܐ (čappē)
- (anatomy) left hand
- c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 6:3:
- ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܐܲܢ݇ܬ، ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܹܬ ܐܸܪܘܵܢܵܐ، ܠܵܐ ܫܵܒ݂ܩܹܬ ܣܸܡܵܠܘܼܟ݂ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܡܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܝܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܟ݂،
- īnā at, īman d-ˁāḇḏēt irwānā, lā šāḇqēt simmālōḵ yāḏˁā mā ìlāh biˁḇāḏā yamīnōḵ,
- But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
- (by extension) small bundle of grass or produce (held in the left hand during harvesting)
- (politics, modern) left, left-wing
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܸܡܵܠ (simmāl) | 1st person | ܣܸܡܵܠܝܼ (simmālī) | ܣܸܡܵܠܲܢ (simmālan) | |||
| construct | ܣܸܡܵܠ (simmāl) | 2nd person | ܣܸܡܵܠܘܼܟ݂ (simmālōḵ) | ܣܸܡܵܠܵܟ݂ܝ (simmālāḵ) | ܣܸܡܵܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (simmālawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐ (simmālā) | 3rd person | ܣܸܡܵܠܹܗ (simmālēh) | ܣܸܡܵܠܵܗ̇ (simmālāh) | ܣܸܡܵܠܗܘܿܢ (simmālhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܸܡܵܠܝܼ̈ܢ (simmālīn) | 1st person | ܣܸܡܵܠܝܼ̈ (simmālī) | ܣܸܡܵܠܲܢ̈ (simmālan) | |||
| construct | ܣܸܡܵܠܲܝ̈ (simmālay) | 2nd person | ܣܸܡܵܠܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (simmālōḵ) | ܣܸܡܵܠܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (simmālāḵ) | ܣܸܡܵܠܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (simmālawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܸ̈ܡܵܠܹܐ (simmālē) | 3rd person | ܣܸܡܵܠܘܼ̈ܗܝ (simmālūh) | ܣܸܡܵܠܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (simmālōh) | ܣܸܡܵܠܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (simmālayhōn) | |||
Antonyms
- ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐ (yamīnā)
Derived terms
- ܒܲܪ ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐ (bar simmālā, “demon, unfortunate one”)
- ܡܣܘܼܡܠܵܐ (msumlā, “left-handed”)
- ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (simmālāˀīṯ, “on the left, unfortunately”)
- ܣܸܡܵܠܵܝܵܐ (simmālāyā, “leftist”)
- ܣܸܡܹܝܠܹܐ (simmēlē, “Simele”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Arabic شِمَال (šimāl) and Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śəmōl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɛmmɑlɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [sɛmmɑle] (plural)
Noun
ܣܡܠܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܡܠܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܡܠ | 1st person | ܣܡܠܝ | ܣܡܠܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܡܠ | 2nd person | ܣܡܠܟ | ܣܡܠܟܝ | ܣܡܠܟܘܢ | ܣܡܠܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܡܠܐ | 3rd person | ܣܡܠܗ | ܣܡܠܗ | ܣܡܠܗܘܢ | ܣܡܠܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܡܠܝܢ | 1st person | ܣܡܠܝ | ܣܡܠܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܡܠܝ | 2nd person | ܣܡܠܝܟ | ܣܡܠܝܟܝ | ܣܡܠܝܟܘܢ | ܣܡܠܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܡܠܐ | 3rd person | ܣܡܠܘܗܝ | ܣܡܠܝܗ | ܣܡܠܝܗܘܢ | ܣܡܠܝܗܝܢ | ||
Antonyms
Derived terms
References
- “smˀl”, 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 231a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 381b
- 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 1020a