Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܡ (r-ʿ-m) related to thundering; compare Hebrew רַעַם (ráʿam).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈraʕ.mɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈraʕ.me] (plural)

Noun edit

ܪܥܡܐ (raʿmām (plural ܪܥܡܐ)

  1. thunder, thundering
  2. sound, clamor/clamour
  3. resonance, sonorousness

Inflection edit

References edit

  • rˁm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-19
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 350b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 546b
  • 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, page 1482a