ܐܡܘܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Apparently derived from ܐܡܐ (ʾemmā, mother). Compare Mishnaic Hebrew אָמוּם (ʾāmûm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔammumɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔammume(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܡܘܡܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܡܘܡܐ)

  1. shape, mould
  2. (minerals, metals) vein, stripe, streak
  3. bit

Inflection

References

  • ˀmwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-23
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 11b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 19a, 624a
  • 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. 53b
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