Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ܥ ܠ ܡ (ˁ l m)
5 terms

Compare Arabic غُلَيِّم (ḡulayyim) and Hebrew עֶלֶם (élem).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕlaj.mɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔa.leːmɑː]

Adjective edit

ܥܠܲܝܡܵܐ (ˁlaymā) (feminine ܥܠܲܝܡܬܵܐ (ˁlaymtā), plural ܥܠܲܝܡܹ̈ܐ (ˁlaymē))

  1. young, youthful, juvenile

Noun edit

ܥܠܲܝܡܵܐ (ˁlaymām (plural ܥܠܲܝܡܹ̈ܐ (ˁlaymē), feminine ܥܠܲܝܡܬܵܐ (ˁlaymtā))

  1. boy, lad, adolescent, young man, teenager
  2. (in the plural, collectively) the young, youth

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܡ (ʿ-l-m). Compare Arabic غُلَيِّم (ḡulayyim) and Hebrew עֶלֶם (ʿélem).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lajmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lajme] (plural)

Adjective edit

ܥܠܝܡܐ (ʿəlaymāʾm (plural ܥܠܝܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܠܝܡܬܐ)

  1. young, youthful, juvenile

Inflection edit

Noun edit

ܥܠܝܡܐ (ʿəlaymāʾm (plural ܥܠܝܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܠܝܡܬܐ)

  1. boy, lad, adolescent, young man
  2. (in the plural, collectively) the young
  3. adult
  4. servant
  5. fawn, young deer

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • ˁlym”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-12-08
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 254a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 414b
  • 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. 1102a-b