Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ܣ ܡ ܡ (s m m)
1 term

From Aramaic סַמָּא (sammā), from Akkadian 𒌑 (šammu [Ú]); compare also in Arabic سِمّ (simm) and Hebrew סַם (sam).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sammaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [saːma]

Noun edit

ܣܲܡܵܐ (sammām pl (plural ܣܲܡܹ̈ܐ (sammē) or ܣܲܡܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ (sammānē))

  1. poison, toxin
  2. drug, medicine, remedy
    Synonym: ܕܲܪܡܵܢܵܐ (darmānā)
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ܣ ܡ ܐ (s m ˀ)
3 terms

From Aramaic סְמָא (səmā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sɑːmeː]

Verb edit

ܣܵܡܹܐ (sāmē) (present participle ܣܡܵܝܵܐ (smāyā), past participle ܣܸܡܝܵܐ (simyā))

  1. (intransitive) to be or go blind
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒌑 (šammu [Ú]). Compare Arabic سِمّ (simm) and Hebrew סַם (sam).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܣܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܣܡܡܢܐ or ܣܡܢܐ)

  1. drug, medicine, remedy
  2. poison
  3. dye, color/colour, pigment

Inflection edit

See also edit

References edit

  • sm”, 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. 230a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 379b
  • 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. 1016a-b