ܐܘܡܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Derived from ܐܡܐ (ʾemmā(ʾ), “mother”). Compare Arabic أُمَّة (ʾumma(t)) and Hebrew אֻמָּה (ʾummâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʔum(mə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܘܡܬܐ c (emphatic plural ܐܘܡܘܬܐ ,ܐܡܘܬܐ)

1. nation, people, race
2. class, genus

Inflection

    declension of ܐܘܡܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܘܡܐ	ܐܘܡܘܢ ,ܐܡܘܢ
construct	ܐܘܡܬ	ܐܘܡܘܬ ,ܐܡܘܬ
emphatic	ܐܘܡܬܐ	ܐܘܡܘܬܐ ,ܐܡܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܘܡܬܝ	ܐܘܡܘܬܝ ,ܐܡܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܘܡܬܟ	ܐܘܡܘܬܟ ,ܐܡܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܘܡܬܟܝ	ܐܘܡܘܬܟܝ ,ܐܡܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܘܡܬܗ	ܐܘܡܘܬܗ ,ܐܡܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܘܡܬܗ	ܐܘܡܘܬܗ ,ܐܡܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܘܡܬܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܘܡܬܟܘܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܘܡܬܟܝܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܘܡܬܗܘܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܘܡܬܗܝܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• ")wmh" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 11a
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 6b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 17a