ܥܠܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic عَالَم (ʿālam) and Hebrew עוֹלָם (ʿôlām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕɑlmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɑlme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܠܡܐ (ˁālmā) m (plural ܥܠܡܐ)

  1. eternity, forever
  2. age, generation, lifetime, era
  3. world
  4. nation, people

Inflection

References

  • ˁlm”, 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. 254b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 415a-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. 1105a
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