Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܐ-ܡ-ܪ (ʾ-m-r) related to saying. Compare Hebrew מַאֲמָר (maʾămār).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [me(ʔ)mrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [me(ʔ)mre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܐܡܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܐܡܪܐ)

  1. speech, oration, diction
  2. discourse, tractate, treatise, chapter
  3. homily, sermon
  4. proposition
  5. (grammar) sentence, predicate, verb
  6. remark

Inflection edit

References edit

  • mˀmr”, 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. 12a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 247a
  • 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, pp. 701b-702a