ܕܡܘܬܐ

See also: ܪܡܘܬܐ‎

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܡ-ܐ‎ (d-m-ʾ) related to resembling. Compare Arabic دُمْيَة‎ (dumya(t)) and Hebrew דְּמוּת‎ (dəmûṯ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d(ə)muθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dɛmwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܕܡܘܬܐ)

  1. likeness, reflection, image
  2. form, figure, shape
  3. (astronomy) constellation
  4. copy
  5. likening, simile
  6. class, kind, type
  7. example, archetype
  8. pattern, plan
  9. imagination
  10. enigma
  11. garment, clothing

Inflection
    declension of ܕܡܘܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܕܡܘ ܕܡܘܢ
construct ܕܡܘܬ ܕܡܘܬ
emphatic ܕܡܘܬܐ ܕܡܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܕܡܘܬܝ ܕܡܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܕܡܘܬܟ ܕܡܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܕܡܘܬܟܝ ܕܡܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܕܡܘܬܗ ܕܡܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܕܡܘܬܗ ܕܡܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܕܡܘܬܢ ܕܡܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܕܡܘܬܟܘܢ ܕܡܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܕܡܘܬܟܝܢ ܕܡܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܕܡܘܬܗܘܢ ܕܡܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܕܡܘܬܗܝܢ ܕܡܘܬܗܝܢ

References
  • “dmw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 66b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 94a
  • 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. 308a
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