ܠܘܡܐ
Classical Syriac
editAlternative forms
edit- ܢܘܡܐ (nūmā)
- ܢܘܡܝܢ (nūmīn) (from the diminutive νουμμίον (noummíon), νουμμίν (noummín), νουμίον (noumíon), νουμίν (noumín))
Etymology
editBorrowed with consonant dissimilation from Ancient Greek νόμος, νοῦμμος (nómos, noûmmos), also the source of Latin nummus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editܠܘܡܐ • (lūmā) m (plural ܠܘܡܐܣ (lūmās) or ܠܘܡܐ (lūmē))
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “lwm2”, 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 170a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 238a
- 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 679b
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լումայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press