Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew תְּהוֹם (təhôm).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [t(ə)homɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [t(ə)home(ʔ)], [t(ə)homɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܬܗܘܡܐ (transliteration neededc (plural ܬܗܘܡܬܐ or ܬܗܘܡܐ)

  1. wave
  2. sea
  3. abyss, bottomless pit
  4. bottom, depth (of a pit, well, river, sea, etc.)

Inflection edit

References edit

  • thwm”, 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. 388a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 605a
  • 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. 1624b-1625a