ܪܚܡܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܪܚܡܐ (rāḥmā, “friend”), from the root ܪ ܚ ܡ related to loving + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɑħmuθɑ], [raħmuθɑ]

Noun

ܪܚܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

  1. friendship, amity
  2. love, kindness

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܚܡܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܪܚܡܘ 1st person ܪܚܡܘܬܝ ܪܚܡܘܬܢ
construct ܪܚܡܘܬ 2nd person ܪܚܡܘܬܟ ܪܚܡܘܬܟܝ ܪܚܡܘܬܟܘܢ ܪܚܡܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܚܡܘܬܐ 3rd person ܪܚܡܘܬܗ ܪܚܡܘܬܗ ܪܚܡܘܬܗܘܢ ܪܚܡܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • “rḥmw”, 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 343a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 537b
  • 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 1456b
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