ܬܡܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic תַּמְרָא (tamrā, “date; date palm”), from Proto-Semitic; compare Classical Syriac ܬܡܪܬܐ (tmarṯā), Hebrew תָּמָר (tamár), Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar, “fruits”) and تَمْر (tamr, “date”)
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [tam.rɑː]
Noun
ܬܲܡܪܵܐ • (tamrā) m (plural ܬܲܡܪܹ̈ܐ (tamrē))
- date (the fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܡܲܪ (tmar) | 1st person | ܬܲܡܪܝܼ (tamrī) | ܬܲܡܪܲܢ (tamran) | |||
| construct | ܬܡܲܪ (tmar) | 2nd person | ܬܲܡܪܘܼܟ݂ (tamrōḵ) | ܬܲܡܪܵܟ݂ܝ (tamrāḵ) | ܬܲܡܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tamrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܲܡܪܵܐ (tamrā) | 3rd person | ܬܲܡܪܹܗ (tamrēh) | ܬܲܡܪܵܗ̇ (tamrāh) | ܬܡܲܪܗܘܿܢ (tmarhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܝܼܢ (tamrīn) | 1st person | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܝܼ (tamrī) | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܲܢ (tamran) | |||
| construct | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܲܝ (tamray) | 2nd person | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (tamrōḵ) | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (tamrāḵ) | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tamrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܲܡܪܹ̈ܐ (tamrē) | 3rd person | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (tamrūh) | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (tamrōh) | ܬܲܡܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (tamrayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܬܲܡܪܵܐ ܗܸܢܕܘܵܝܵܐ (tamrā hindwāyā, “tamarind”)
See also
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
See תּֽמְרָא (timrā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɛmrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [tɛmre] (plural)
Noun
ܬܡܪܐ • (temrā) m (plural ܬܡܪܐ (temrē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܡܪ | 1st person | ܬܡܪܝ | ܬܡܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܡܪ | 2nd person | ܬܡܪܟ | ܬܡܪܟܝ | ܬܡܪܟܘܢ | ܬܡܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܬܡܪܗ | ܬܡܪܗ | ܬܡܪܗܘܢ | ܬܡܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܬܡܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܬܡܪܝ | ܬܡܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܬܡܪܝ | 2nd person | ܬܡܪܝܟ | ܬܡܪܝܟܝ | ܬܡܪܝܟܘܢ | ܬܡܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܬܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܬܡܪܘܗܝ | ܬܡܪܝܗ | ܬܡܪܝܗܘܢ | ܬܡܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Noun
ܬܡܪܐ • (tamrē)
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): [tamre]
Noun
ܬܡܪܐ • (tamrā)
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): [tamrɑ]
References
- “tmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “tmr2”, 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 394a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 615b
- 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 1653b