Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܥ-ܡ-ܩ (ʿ-m-q) related to depth.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܥܡܩܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /u/

References edit

  • ˁmq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 418b
  • 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. 1113b