Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܣ-ܡ-ܟ (s-m-k) related to supporting. The sense of "conjunction" is a calque of Arabic إِسْنَاد (ʔisnād).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [summɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [summɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܘܡܟܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܣܘܡܟܐ)

  1. prop, support
  2. camel's howdah
  3. reliance, dependence
  4. sustenance, maintenance, restoration
  5. (grammar) conjunction, adjoining of subject and predicate

Inflection edit

References edit

  • swmk”, 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. 231a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 367a
  • 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. 981a