Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔarm(ə)lɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔarm(ə)le(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Arabic أَرْمَل (ʔarmal) and Hebrew אַלְמָן (ʾalmān).

Noun edit

ܐܪܡܠܐ (ʾarməlām (plural ܐܪܡܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܪܡܠܬܐ)

  1. widower (humans or animals)
  2. sterile ground, barren tree
  3. church left without a pastor
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Ancient Greek ἁρμαλά (harmalá).

Noun edit

ܐܪܡܠܐ (ʾarməlām (plural ܐܪܡܠܐ)

  1. (botany) Peganum harmala, harmal
    Synonym: ܫܒܪܐ
Inflection edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  • ˀrml”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˀrmlˀ”, 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 20a
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 371
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 29b
  • 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, page 102b