ܝܡܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yamīn-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *yamin-. Compare Arabic يَمِين (yamīn) and Hebrew יָמִין (yāmîn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jamminɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jammine(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܝܡܝܢܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܝܡܝܢܐ)

  1. right (direction)
  2. (anatomy) right hand
  3. pledge, promise, oath, compact
  4. ordination
  5. arranging, ordering

Inflection

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • ܒܪ ܝܡܝܢܐ
  • ܝܡܝܢܐܝܬ
  • ܝܡܝܢܝܐ
  • ܝܡܢ
  • ܬܝܡܢܐ
    • ܬܝܡܢܝܐ

References

  • ymyn”, 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. 142a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 193a-b
  • 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. 576a
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