ܐܘܡܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Derived from ܐܡܐ (ʾemmā, “mother”); compare Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma), Hebrew אֻמָּה (ʾummâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈʔum.(mə.)θɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔum.θɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔum.θo]

Noun

ܐܘܡܬܐ • (ʾumməṯā) c (plural ܐܡܘܬܐ (ʾemməwāṯā) or ܐܘܡܘܬܐ (ʾumməwāṯā))

1. nation, people, race
   • Peshitta, Acts 4:25:

     ܘܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܕܡܠܠܬ ܒܝܕ ܪܘܚܐ ܕܩܘܕܫܐ ܒܦܘܡ ܕܘܝܕ ܥܒܕܟ. ܠܡܢܐ ܪܓܫܘ ܥܡ̈ܡܐ. ܘܐܡ̈ܘܬܐ ܪ̈ܢܝ ܣܪܝܩܘܬܐ.

     wə-ʾa[n]t [h]ū ḏə-mallelt bə-yaḏ rūḥā ḏə-quḏšā ḇə-p̄ūm dāwīḏ ʿaḇdāḵ, lə-mānā rəḡaš[w] ʿam[mə]mē, wə-ʾemməwāṯā rənay sərīqūṯā.

     Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

2. class, genus

Inflection

    declension of ܐܘܡܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܘܡܐ	ܐܘܡܘܢ ,ܐܡܘܢ
construct	ܐܘܡܬ	ܐܘܡܘܬ ,ܐܡܘܬ
emphatic	ܐܘܡܬܐ	ܐܘܡܘܬܐ ,ܐܡܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܘܡܬܝ	ܐܘܡܘܬܝ ,ܐܡܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܘܡܬܟ	ܐܘܡܘܬܟ ,ܐܡܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܘܡܬܟܝ	ܐܘܡܘܬܟܝ ,ܐܡܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܘܡܬܗ	ܐܘܡܘܬܗ ,ܐܡܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܘܡܬܗ	ܐܘܡܘܬܗ ,ܐܡܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܘܡܬܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܘܡܬܟܘܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܘܡܬܟܝܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܘܡܬܗܘܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܘܡܬܗܝܢ	ܐܘܡܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܐܡܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀwmh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-14
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 11a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 17a