ܪܡܫܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic רַמְשָׁא (ramšā), from Proto-Semitic *mušy-; compare Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ) and Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ (émesh).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [rʌmʃaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [rˤʌmʃa]
Noun
ܪܲܡܫܵܐ • (ramšā) m (plural ܪܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ramšawwāṯā))
- evening (the period of time at the end of the day, usually from sunset to bedtime)
- evening prayer
- (figuratively) old age, life
- Synonyms: ܩܲܫܝܼܫܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (qašīšūṯā), ܣܲܝܒܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (saybūṯā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܡܸܫ (rmiš) | 1st person | ܪܲܡܫܝܼ (ramšī) | ܪܲܡܫܲܢ (ramšan) | |||
| construct | ܪܡܸܫ (rmiš) | 2nd person | ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ (ramšōḵ) | ܪܲܡܫܵܟ݂ܝ (ramšāḵ) | ܪܲܡܫܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ramšawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā) | 3rd person | ܪܲܡܫܹܗ (ramšēh) | ܪܲܡܫܵܗ̇ (ramšāh) | ܪܲܡܫܗܘܿܢ (ramšhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܢ (ramšawwān) | 1st person | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ (ramšawwāṯī) | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ (ramšawwāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ (ramšawwāṯ) | 2nd person | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (ramšawwāṯōḵ) | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (ramšawwāṯāḵ) | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ramšawwāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ramšawwāṯā) | 3rd person | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (ramšawwāṯēh) | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (ramšawwāṯāh) | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܘܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (ramšawwāṯhōn) | |||
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- ܐ݇ܟ݂ܵܠ݇ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ḵāramšā, “dinner”)
- ܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ (b-ramšā, “in the evening”)
- ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ramšā ṭāḇā, “good evening”)
- ܪܲܡܫܵܝܵܐ (ramšāyā, “of the evening”)
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ramʃɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ramʃe], [ramʃawwɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܪܡܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܡܫܘܬܐ or ܪܡܫܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܡܫ | 1st person | ܪܡܫܝ | ܪܡܫܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܡܫ | 2nd person | ܪܡܫܟ | ܪܡܫܟܝ | ܪܡܫܟܘܢ | ܪܡܫܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܪܡܫܗ | ܪܡܫܗ | ܪܡܫܗܘܢ | ܪܡܫܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܪܡܫܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܪܡܫܘܬܝ ,ܪܡܫܝ | ܪܡܫܘܬܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܡܫܘܬ ,ܪܡܫܝ | 2nd person | ܪܡܫܘܬܟ ,ܪܡܫܝܟ | ܪܡܫܘܬܟܝ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܝ | ܪܡܫܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܘܢ | ܪܡܫܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܡܫܘܬܐ , | 3rd person | ܪܡܫܘܬܗ ,ܪܡܫܘܗܝ | ܪܡܫܘܬܗ ,ܪܡܫܝܗ | ܪܡܫܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܗܘܢ | ܪܡܫܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “rmš”, 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 348b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 544a
- 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, pages 1475a–b