ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܥܠܝܡܐ (ʿəlaymā, youth, adolescent), from the root ܥ ܠ ܡ + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lajmuθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lajm(ə)wɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ • (ʿəlaymūṯāf (plural ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ)

  1. youth, adolescence
  2. youthfulness, youthful vigor
  3. (collectively) youths

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܥܠܝܡܘ 1st person ܥܠܝܡܘܬܝ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܢ
construct ܥܠܝܡܘܬ 2nd person ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܝ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܘܢ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ 3rd person ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗܘܢ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܥܠܝܡܘܢ 1st person ܥܠܝܡܘܬܝ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܢ
construct ܥܠܝܡܘܬ 2nd person ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܝ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܘܢ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ 3rd person ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗܘܢ ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • ˁlymw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 29 November 2012
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 254a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 415a
  • 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 1102b