Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܐ-ܠ-ܡ (ʾ-l-m) related to being angry; compare Arabic أَلِم (ʔalim, pain, grief, irritation), Hebrew אַלִּים (ʾallîm, violent).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈʔɛl.mɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔal.mɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔɛl.mo]

Based on regular sound changes, the Eastern pronunciation differs from the expected *[ˈʔɪl.mɑ].

Noun edit

ܐܠܡܐ (ʾelmām (plural ܐܠܡܐ (ʾelmē))

  1. lasting anger, ill will

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˀlm2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-22
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 10b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18a
  • 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 50a