ܣܐܡܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
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From Aramaic סָאמָא (sēmā), from Middle Persian [script needed] (sym /sēm/), from Ancient Greek ἄσημον (ásēmon, “silverware”); compare Classical Persian سیم (sēm).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܣܹܐܡܵܐ • (sēmā) m sg (plural ܣܹܐܡܹ̈ܐ (sēmē))
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܣܹܐܡܵܐ (sēmā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܣܹܐܡܝܼ (sēmī) |
ܣܹܐܡܲܢ (sēman) | ||
| construct | ܣܹܐܡ (sēm) |
2nd person | ܣܹܐܡܘܼܟ݂ (sēmūḵ) |
ܣܹܐܡܵܟ݂ܝ (sēmāḵ) |
ܣܹܐܡܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sēmāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܣܹܐܡܵܐ (sēmā) |
3rd person | ܣܹܐܡܹܗ (sēmēh) |
ܣܹܐܡܵܗ̇ (sēmāh) |
ܣܹܐܡܗܘܿܢ (sēmhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܣܹܐܡܝܼ̈ (sēmī) |
ܣܹܐܡܲܢ̈ (sēman) | ||
| construct | ܣܹܐܡܲܝ̈ (sēmay) |
2nd person | ܣܹܐܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (sēmūḵ) |
ܣܹܐܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (sēmāḵ) |
ܣܹܐܡܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sēmāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܣܹܐܡܹ̈ܐ (sēmē) |
3rd person | ܣܹܐܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (sēmūh) |
ܣܹܐܡ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (sēmōh) |
ܣܹܐܡܗ̈ܘܿܢ (sēmhōn) | ||
Derived terms edit
- ܣܹܐܡܵܢܵܝܵܐ (sēmānāyā)
- ܡܣܹܐܡܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (msēmūṯā, “silver dye”)
- ܣܹܐܡܵܐ ܐܲܪܝܵܢܵܐ (sēmā aryānā, “lead”)
- ܣܹܐܡܵܐ ܡܫܲܪܝܵܐ (sēmā mšaryā, “tin”)
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [script needed] (sym /sēm/), compare Classical Persian سیم (sēm), from Ancient Greek ἄσημον (ásēmon, “silverware”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܣܐܡܐ • (sēmā) m (uncountable)
Inflection edit
declension of ܣܐܡܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
|---|---|
| absolute | ܣܐܡ |
| construct | ܣܐܡ |
| emphatic | ܣܐܡܐ |
| possessive forms | |
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܣܐܡܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܣܐܡܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܣܐܡܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܣܐܡܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܣܐܡܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܣܐܡܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܣܐܡܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܣܐܡܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܣܐܡܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܣܐܡܗܝܢ |
Derived terms edit
- ܡܣܐܡܘܬܐ (məsēmūṯā, “silver dye”)
- ܣܐܡܐ ܐܪܝܢܐ (sēmā ʾaryānā, “lead”)
- ܣܐܡܐ ܡܫܪܝܐ (sēmā məšaryā, “tin”)
- ܣܐܡܢܝܐ (sēmānāyā, “silver …”)
References edit
- “sˀmˀ”, 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 217a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 356b
- 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, pages 958b–959a