ܥܡ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic مَع (maʕ) and Hebrew עִם (ʿim).

Pronunciation

Preposition

ܥܲܡ • (ˁam)

  1. with, together with, alongside
  2. (after verbs of fighting, etc.) with, against
  3. (of an action) towards, for

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܲܡ
base form ܥܲܡ (ˁam)
Personal-pronoun including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person ܥܲܡܝܼ (ˁamī) ܥܲܡܲܢ (ˁamman)
2nd person ܥܲܡܘܼܟ݂ (ˁamōḵ) ܥܲܡܵܟ݂ܝ (ˁammāḵ) ܥܲܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁammawḵōn)
3rd person ܥܲܡܹܗ (ˁammēh) ܥܲܡܵܗ̇ (ˁammāh) ܥܲܡܗܘܿܢ (ˁamhōn)

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕam]

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic مَع (maʕ) and Hebrew עִם (ʿim).

Preposition

ܥܡ • (transliteration needed)

  1. with, together with, alongside
  2. (after verbs of fighting, etc.) with, against
  3. at, on, upon, along
  4. (temporally) during
  5. notwithstanding, in spite of
  6. towards, for
Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes.

Inflection of ܥܡ
person singular plural
m f m f
1st person ܥܡܝ ܥܡܢ
2nd person ܥܡܟ ܥܡܟܝ ܥܡܟܘܢ ܥܡܟܝܢ
3rd person ܥܡܗ ܥܡܗ ܥܡܗܘܢ ܥܡܗܝܢ
Derived terms
  • -ܥܡ ܕ

Etymology 2

Noun

ܥܡ • (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܥܡܐ
  2. construct state singular of ܥܡܐ

References

  • ˁm”, 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 255a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 416a
  • 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 1107b