ܐܘܡܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Derived from ܐܡܐ (ʾemmā(ʾ), mother). Compare Arabic أُمَّة (ʾumma(t)) and Hebrew אֻמָּה (ʾummâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔum(mə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܘܡܬܐ (transliteration needed) c (plural ܐܘܡܘܬܐ or ܐܡܘܬܐ)

  1. nation, people, race
  2. class, genus

Inflection

References

  • ˀwmh”, 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, p. 11a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 6b
  • 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, p. 17a
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