Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܬ-ܡ-ܗ (t-m-h) related to amazement. Compare Hebrew תֵּמַהּ (tēmah).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tɛmhɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tɛmhe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܬܡܗܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܬܡܗܐ)

  1. amazement, wonder, reverence, prodigy
  2. dullness, insensibility, stupor, torpor

Inflection edit

References edit

  • tmh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 615a
  • 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. 1651b