ܕܡܝܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| ܕ ܡ ܐ |
| 2 terms |
Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood; by extension blood price, compensation for wrongful slaying”). Compare Akkadian 𒁕𒈬 (/damu/, “blood price, monetary compensation”, literally “blood”) and Hebrew דָּמִים (dāmīm).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d(ə)majjɑ]
Noun
ܕܡܝܐ • (dǝmayyā) m (plural only; not used in singular form)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | — | 1st person | — | — | |||
| construct | — | 2nd person | — | — | — | — | ||
| emphatic | — | 3rd person | — | — | — | — | ||
| plural | absolute | ܕܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܕܡܝ | ܕܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܡܝ | 2nd person | ܕܡܝܟ | ܕܡܝܟܝ | ܕܡܝܟܘܢ | ܕܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܕܡܘܗܝ | ܕܡܝܗ | ܕܡܝܗܘܢ | ܕܡܝܗܝܢ | |||
Etymology 2
Adjective
ܕܵܡܝܲܵܐ • (dāmyā)
- feminine singular of ܕܵܡܹܝ (dāmē, “similar, resembling, active participle of ܕܡܵܐ (dəmā, “to be like”)”)
References
- “dmyn”, 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, page 66b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 94a–b
- Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 912
- 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, →ISBN, pages 309a–b