ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌝𒈠𒉡𒌓 (/⁠ummânūtu⁠/). Compare Hebrew אֻמָּנוּת (ʾummānûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔummɑnuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔummɑnwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ)

1. trade, craft
2. workmanship, skill, art
3. craftiness, artifice, guile
4. union, guild (of craftsmen)
5. alchemy, chemistry
6. (in the plural) engines of war

Inflection

    declension of ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܘܡܢܘ	ܐܘܡܢܘܢ
construct	ܐܘܡܢܘܬ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬ
emphatic	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܝ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܢ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝܢ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܝܢ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀwmnw”, 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. 12a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 6b
• 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. 17a