ܪܘܡܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܐܪܡܘܢܐ (ʾarmōnā), ܪܝܡܘܢܐ (rimmōnā)

Etymology

Unclear, see Arabic رُمَّان (rummān, pomegranate) for more cognates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rummɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rummɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܡܢܐ • (rummānām (plural ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānē))

  1. pomegranate (tree and fruit)
  2. (figuratively, botany) pomegranate-shaped head at the end of a stalk
  3. (figuratively, architecture) capital

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܘܡܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܪܘܡܢ 1st person ܪܘܡܢܝ ܪܘܡܢܢ
construct ܪܘܡܢ 2nd person ܪܘܡܢܟ ܪܘܡܢܟܝ ܪܘܡܢܟܘܢ ܪܘܡܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܘܡܢܐ 3rd person ܪܘܡܢܗ ܪܘܡܢܗ ܪܘܡܢܗܘܢ ܪܘܡܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܪܘܡܢܝܢ 1st person ܪܘܡܢܝ ܪܘܡܢܝܢ
construct ܪܘܡܢܝ 2nd person ܪܘܡܢܝܟ ܪܘܡܢܝܟܝ ܪܘܡܢܝܟܘܢ ܪܘܡܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܘܡܢܐ 3rd person ܪܘܡܢܘܗܝ ܪܘܡܢܝܗ ܪܘܡܢܝܗܘܢ ܪܘܡܢܝܗܝܢ

References

  • rwmn”, 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 342a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 535a
  • 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 1451a