Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܪ-ܚ-ܡ (r-ḥ-m) related to loving.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [rɑħɛm(mə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rɑħmɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܪܚܡܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܪܚܡܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܪܚܡܐ)

  1. friend
  2. (grammar, phonetics, in the plural) phonotactically-permissible phonemes
    Antonym: ܣܢܐܬܐ
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܪ-ܚ-ܡ (r-ḥ-m) related to loving. Compare Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [rɛħm(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rɛħmɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܪܚܡܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܪܚܡܬܐ)

  1. love, kindness
  2. friendship
  3. desire
  4. (figuratively) magnetism
Inflection edit

References edit

  • rḥmh”, 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. 343a, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 538a
  • 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, pp. 1456b, 1457a, b