ܥܡ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic مَع (maʕ) and Hebrew עִם (ʿim).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʕam.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔæm.]

Preposition

ܥܲܡ • (ˁam)

1. with, together with, alongside
2. (after verbs of fighting, etc.) with, against
3. (of an action) towards, for

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܲܡ (ˁam)

Base Form			ܥܲܡ (ˁam)
Personal-pronoun including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	ܥܲܡܝܼ (ˁamī)		ܥܲܡܲܢ (ˁamman)
2nd person	ܥܲܡܘܼܟ݂ (ˁamūḵ)	ܥܲܡܵܟ݂ܝ (ˁammāḵ)	ܥܲܡܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁammāwḵōn)
3rd person	ܥܲܡܹܗ (ˁammēh)	ܥܲܡܵܗ̇ (ˁammāh)	ܥܲܡܗܘܿܢ (ˁamhōn)

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕam]

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic مَع (maʕ) and Hebrew עִם (ʿim).

Preposition

ܥܡ • (transliteration needed)

1. with, together with, alongside
2. (after verbs of fighting, etc.) with, against
3. at, on, upon, along
4. (temporally) during
5. notwithstanding, in spite of
6. towards, for

Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes.

    declension of ܥܡ

1st c. sg. (me)	ܥܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (you)	ܥܡܟ
2nd f. sg. (you)	ܥܡܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (him)	ܥܡܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܡܗ
1st c. pl. (us)	ܥܡܢ
2nd m. pl. (you)	ܥܡܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (you)	ܥܡܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (them)	ܥܡܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (them)	ܥܡܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• -ܥܡ ܕ

Etymology 2

Noun

ܥܡ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܥܡܐ
2. construct state singular of ܥܡܐ

References

• “ˁm”, 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. 255a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 416a
• 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. 1107b