ܬܚܘܡܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܬ ܚ ܡ (t ḥ m) |
| 4 terms |
Inherited from Aramaic תְּחוּמָא (təḥūmā); compare Akkadian 𒋫𒄷𒈬 (/taḫūmu/, “boundary, frontier”), Arabic تُخْم (tuḵm), and Hebrew תְּחוּם (t'khúm).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [txuːmaː]
Noun
ܬܚܘܼܡܵܐ • (tḥūmā) m (plural ܬܚܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (tḥūmē) or ܬܚܘܼܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ (tḥūmānē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܚܘܼܡ (tḥūm) | 1st person | ܬܚܘܼܡܝܼ (tḥūmī) | ܬܚܘܼܡܲܢ (tḥūman) | |||
| construct | ܬܚܘܼܡ (tḥūm) | 2nd person | ܬܚܘܼܡܘܼܟ݂ (tḥūmōḵ) | ܬܚܘܼܡܵܟ݂ܝ (tḥūmāḵ) | ܬܚܘܼܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tḥūmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܚܘܼܡܵܐ (tḥūmā) | 3rd person | ܬܚܘܼܡܹܗ (tḥūmēh) | ܬܚܘܼܡܵܗ̇ (tḥūmāh) | ܬܚܘܼܡܗܘܿܢ (tḥumhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܬܚܘܼܡܝܼ̈ܢ (tḥūmīn) | 1st person | ܬܚܘܼܡܝܼ̈ (tḥūmī) | ܬܚܘܼܡܲܢ̈ (tḥūman) | |||
| construct | ܬܚܘܼܡܲܝ̈ (tḥūmay) | 2nd person | ܬܚܘܼܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tḥūmōḵ) | ܬܚܘܼܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tḥūmāḵ) | ܬܚܘܼܡܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tḥūmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܚܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (tḥūmē) | 3rd person | ܬܚܘܼܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (tḥūmūh) | ܬܚܘܼܡܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (tḥūmōh) | ܬܚܘܼܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (tḥūmayhōn) | |||
Proper noun
ܬܚܘܼܡܵܐ • (tḥūmā) f
- Tkhuma (Assyrian tribe and district within Hakkari)
Derived terms
- ܬܚܘܼܡܢܵܝܵܐ (tḥumnāyā, “of Tkhuma”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܬ ܚ ܡ related to limiting or defining. Compare Akkadian 𒋫𒄷𒈬 (/taḫūmu/, “boundary, frontier”), Arabic تُخْم (tuḵm), and Hebrew תְּחוּם (təḥûm).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t(ə)ħumɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [t(ə)ħume] (plural)
Noun
ܬܚܘܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܚܘܡܐ)
- border, boundary, frontier, limit
- (in the plural) territory
- limitation, extreme
- regulation, precept, constitution, law
- penalty
- definition, term
- (of time) end, finish
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܚܘܡ | 1st person | ܬܚܘܡܝ | ܬܚܘܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܚܘܡ | 2nd person | ܬܚܘܡܟ | ܬܚܘܡܟܝ | ܬܚܘܡܟܘܢ | ܬܚܘܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܚܘܡܐ | 3rd person | ܬܚܘܡܗ | ܬܚܘܡܗ | ܬܚܘܡܗܘܢ | ܬܚܘܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܬܚܘܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܬܚܘܡܝ | ܬܚܘܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܚܘܡܝ | 2nd person | ܬܚܘܡܝܟ | ܬܚܘܡܝܟܝ | ܬܚܘܡܝܟܘܢ | ܬܚܘܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܚܘܡܐ | 3rd person | ܬܚܘܡܘܗܝ | ܬܚܘܡܝܗ | ܬܚܘܡܝܗܘܢ | ܬܚܘܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “tḥwm”, 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 390a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 609b
- 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 1637a–b