Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *yatam- (to be fatherless or without a guardian, to be without support of family or tribe, to be disenfranchised or alone). Cognate with Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm), Aramaic יַתְמָא (yaṯmā), Phoenician 𐤉‬𐤕‬𐤌 (y‬t‬m‬), Classical Mandaic ࡉࡀࡕࡉࡌࡀ (yatima), Hebrew יָתוֹם (yatóm), Tigre ያፓም (yattam), and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎚𐎎 (ytm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jaθmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jaθme(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

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ܝܬܡܐ (yaṯmāʾm (plural ܝܬܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܬܡܬܐ)

  1. orphan, orphaned, fatherless
  2. bereaved
  3. desolate

Inflection

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Noun

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ܝܬܡܐ (yaṯmāʾm (plural ܝܬܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܬܡܬܐ)

  1. orphan

Inflection

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References

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  • ytm”, 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. 147a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 200a
  • 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. 589b