Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܥ ܘ ܕ (ˁ w d)
5 terms

Etymology edit

Cognate to Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕəjɑːdɑː]

Noun edit

ܥܝܵܕܵܐ (ˁyādām sg (plural ܥܝܵܕܹ̈ܐ (ˁyādē))

  1. custom, habit, practice
  2. rite, ritual
  3. norm, nature
  4. (in the plural) behaviour, manners

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܥ-ܘ-ܕ (ʿ-w-d) related to accustoming. Compare Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)jɑðɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)jɑðe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܝܕܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܝܕܐ)

  1. custom, rite, habit, use
  2. (in the plural) behaviour
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܥ-ܕ-ܕ (ʿ-d-d) related to pruning, originally *ܥܥܕ (ʿ-ʿ-d), from Proto-Semitic *ʿḍd.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܥܝܕܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. extirpation of weeds
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˁyd”, 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. 246b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 411a
  • 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. 1095a