Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic دَمْعَة (damʕa) and Hebrew דִּמְעָה (dimʿâ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܕܡܥܬܐ (demʿəṯāf (plural ܕܡܥܐ (demʿē))

  1. tear, teardrop
  2. drop (of any liquid)
  3. (figuratively) sap, resin

Inflection edit

References edit

  • dmˁh”, 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, page 67a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94b
  • 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 311b