Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܩ-ܕ-ܡ (q-d-m) related to preceding. Compare Arabic مُقَدَّمَة (muqaddama).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܡܩܕܡܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. foreknowledge, prediction
  2. precedence
  3. priority
  4. (in compounds) pre-, pro-

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • mqdmw”, 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. 310a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 296a
  • 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, p. 819b