ܟܘܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܡ-ܪ (IPA: /k-m-r/). Compare Hebrew כֹּמֶר (kōmer).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kumrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [kumre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܡܪܐ m (emphatic plural ܟܘܡܪܐ ; singular feminine counterpart ܟܘܡܪܬܐ)

1. non-Christian (i.e. Jewish or pagan) priest
2. (Christianity) pontiff

Inflection

    declension of ܟܘܡܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܘܡܪ	ܟܘܡܪܝܢ
construct	ܟܘܡܪ	ܟܘܡܪܝ
emphatic	ܟܘܡܪܐ	ܟܘܡܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܘܡܪܝ	ܟܘܡܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܘܡܪܟ	ܟܘܡܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܘܡܪܟܝ	ܟܘܡܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܘܡܪܗ	ܟܘܡܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܘܡܪܗ	ܟܘܡܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܘܡܪܢ	ܟܘܡܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܘܡܪܟܘܢ	ܟܘܡܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܘܡܪܟܝܢ	ܟܘܡܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܘܡܪܗܘܢ	ܟܘܡܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܘܡܪܗܝܢ	ܟܘܡܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܟܘܡܪܝܐ
• ܟܘܡܪܘܬܐ

See also

• ܟܗܢܐ

References

• "kwmr" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 152b
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 209a
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 608a-b