ܟܘܡܬܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Akkadian 𒄑𒈢𒆳𒊏 (/kamiššaru, kamaššaru, kameššaru/, “pear-tree”); compare Arabic كُمَّثْرَى (kummaṯrā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܟܘܼܡܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ • (kūmaṯrā) m (plural ܟܘܼܡܲܬ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (kūmaṯrē))
- pear: An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
- pear tree
Declension edit
Inflection of ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܵܐ (kūmātrā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | {{{sg.abs.}}} () |
1st person | ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܝܼ (kūmātrī) |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܲܢ (kūmātran) | ||
| construct | {{{sg.cstr.}}} () |
2nd person | ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܘܼܟ݂ (kūmātrūḵ) |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܵܟ݂ܝ (kūmātrāḵ) |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kūmātrāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܵܐ (kūmātrā) |
3rd person | ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܹܗ (kūmātrēh) |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܘܿܗ̇ (kūmātrōh) |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܪܗܘܿܢ (kūmātrhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | {{{pl.abs.}}} () |
1st person | ܟܘܼܡܵܬܖ̈ܝܼ () |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܖ̈ܲܢ () | ||
| construct | {{{pl.cstr.}}} () |
2nd person | ܟܘܼܡܵܬܖ̈ܘܼܟ݂ () |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܖ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ () |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܖ̈ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ () | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܼܡܵܬܖܹ̈ܐ () |
3rd person | ܟܘܼܡܵܬܖܹ̈ܗ () |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܖ̈ܘܿܗ̇ () |
ܟܘܼܡܵܬܖ̈ܗܘܿܢ () | ||
Classical Syriac edit
Alternative forms edit
- ܟܡܬܪܐ (kummaṯrā)
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Akkadian 𒄑𒈢𒆳𒊏 (/kamiššaru, kamaššaru, kameššaru/, “pear-tree”), a word borrowed from an unknown foreign source.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܟܘܡܬܪܐ • (kummaṯrā) m (plural ܟܘܡܬܪܐ (kummaṯrē))
- pear (fruit and tree)
Inflection edit
inflection of ܟܘܡܬܪܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܟܘܡܬܪ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝܢ |
| construct | ܟܘܡܬܪ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝ |
| emphatic | ܟܘܡܬܪܐ | ܟܘܡܬܪܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܟܘܡܬܪܝ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܟܘܡܬܪܟ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܟܘܡܬܪܟܝ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܟܘܡܬܪܗ | ܟܘܡܬܪܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܟܘܡܬܪܗ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܟܘܡܬܪܢ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܟܘܡܬܪܟܘܢ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܟܘܡܬܪܟܝܢ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܟܘܡܬܪܗܘܢ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܟܘܡܬܪܗܝܢ | ܟܘܡܬܪܝܗܝܢ |
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: كُمَّثْرَى (kummaṯrā)
References edit
- “kwmtr”, 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 153a
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 235–240
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 209a, 217b
- 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 608b