Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From ܣܡܝܐ (samyāʾ, blind), from the root ܣ-ܡ-ܐ (s-m-ʾ) related to blindness + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܣܡܝܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. blindness

Inflection edit

References edit

  • smyw”, 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. 230b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 380b
  • 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. 1018a