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 • (ʿəlaymūṯā) f (plural ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ)
- youth, adolescence
- youthfulness, youthful vigor
- (collectively) youths
Inflection
| 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