ܥܕܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, equivalent to a compound of ܥܲܕ݂ (ˁaḏ, until) +‎ ܡܵܐ (, what).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʕəˈðam.mɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ˈʔad.mɑː]

Conjunction

ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ • (ˁḏammā)

  1. until [with ܕ- (d-) ‘that’]
    ܠܵܐ ܙܹܠ݇، ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕܐܵܡܪܹܢ ܠܘܼܟ݂.
    lā zē, ˁḏammā d-āmrēn lōḵ.
    Don’t go until I tell you
    ܒܲܛܵܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ، ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕܩܸܡ ܐܵܓ݂ܪܝܼ ܠܝܼ.
    baṭṭālā ìwen wā, ˁḏammā d-qim āḡrī lī.
    I was unemployed, until they hired me.
  2. by the time, when [with ܕ- (d-) ‘that’]
    ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܝܢ ܩܲܫܝܼܫܵܐ ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕܡܵܛܹܝܬ.
    bit hāwēn qašīšā ˁḏammā d-māṭēt.
    I’ll be old by the time you arrive!
    ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕܡܡܘܼܠܸܠ ܠܲܢ ܠܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ، ܥܲܕܠܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠܵܐ.
    ˁḏammā d-mmūlil lan liḥḏāḏē, ˁadlā ìwā zīlā.
    By the time we spoke, he had already gone.
  3. by, no later than [with ܠ- (l-) ‘to’]
    ܒܸܬ ܕܵܥܪܹܢ ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܠܨܲܦܪܵܐ.
    bit dāˁrēn ˁḏammā l-ṣaprā.
    I will be back by morning.
  4. (formal) in order to, so that: used to indicate purpose
    Synonym: ܩܵܐ ܕ- (qā d-)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

A compound of ܥܕ (ʿaḏ, until) +‎ ܡܐ (, what).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʕ(ə.)ˈðam.mɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʕðam.mɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʕðɑ.mo]

Preposition

ܥܕܡܐ • (ʿəḏammā)

  1. (usually followed by ܕ-) until, to, up to, as far as
  2. (with ܠ- or ܠܘܬ) until the end of, for, as long as

Conjunction

ܥܕܡܐ • (ʿəḏammā)

  1. so that
  2. (with ܕ-) until

Derived terms

References

  • ˁdmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 4 July 2021
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 245a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 401a
  • 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 1072b