ܥܝܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ ܘ ܡ related to obscuring. Compare Arabic غَيْم (ḡaym), Ge'ez ጊሜ (gime). The sense of "aër" is a calque of Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕajmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕajme] (plural)

Noun

ܥܝܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܝܡܐ)

  1. cloud, mist, fog
  2. (figuratively) aër, ritual veil

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܝܡܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܥܝܡ 1st person ܥܝܡܝ ܥܝܡܢ
construct ܥܝܡ 2nd person ܥܝܡܟ ܥܝܡܟܝ ܥܝܡܟܘܢ ܥܝܡܟܝܢ
emphatic ܥܝܡܐ 3rd person ܥܝܡܗ ܥܝܡܗ ܥܝܡܗܘܢ ܥܝܡܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܥܝܡܝܢ 1st person ܥܝܡܝ ܥܝܡܝܢ
construct ܥܝܡܝ 2nd person ܥܝܡܝܟ ܥܝܡܝܟܝ ܥܝܡܝܟܘܢ ܥܝܡܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܥܝܡܐ 3rd person ܥܝܡܘܗܝ ܥܝܡܝܗ ܥܝܡܝܗܘܢ ܥܝܡܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “ˁym”, 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 251a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 411b
  • 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 1096b
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