ܪܡܫܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic רַמְשָׁא (ramšā), from Proto-Semitic *mušy-. Compare Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ) and Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ (émesh).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܪܲܡܫܵܐ • (ramšā) m (plural ܪܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܹܐ (ramšāwātē))
- evening (the period of time at the end of the day, usually from sunset to bedtime)
- evening prayer
- (figuratively) old age, life
- Synonyms: ܩܲܫܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܐ (qašīšūtā), ܣܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ (saybūtā)
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܪܲܡܫܝܼ (ramšī) |
ܪܲܡܫܲܢ (ramšan) | ||
| construct | ܪܲܡܫ (ramš) |
2nd person | ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ (ramšūḵ) |
ܪܲܡܫܵܟ݂ܝ (ramšāḵ) |
ܪܲܡܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ramšāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā) |
3rd person | ܪܲܡܫܹܗ (ramšēh) |
ܪܲܡܫܘܿܗ̇ (ramšōh) |
ܪܲܡܫܗܘܿܢ (ramšhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܝܼ (ramšāwātī) |
ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܲܢ (ramšāwātan) | ||
| construct | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܝ (ramšay) |
2nd person | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܘܼܟ݂ (ramšāwātūḵ) |
ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ (ramšāwātāḵ) |
ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ramšāwātāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܹܐ (ramšāwātē) |
3rd person | ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܘܼܗܝ (ramšāwātūh) |
ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܘܿܗ̇ (ramšāwātōh) |
ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܗܘܿܢ (ramšāwāthōn) | ||
Coordinate terms edit
- (times of day) ܥܸܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ (ˁiddānē d-yāwmā); ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ (īmāmā, “daytime”), ܢܘܼܓ݂ܗܵܐ (nuḡhā, “dawn”), ܕܸܢܚܵܐ (dinḥā, “sunrise”), ܨܲܦܪܵܐ (ṣaprā, “morning”), ܛܲܗܪܵܐ (ṭahrā, “noon, afternoon”), ܥܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁrāḇā, “sunset”), ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ (nuṣpā, “dusk”), ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā, “evening”), ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (palgā d-laylē, “midnight”), ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē, “nighttime”) (Category: aii:Times of day)
Derived terms edit
- ܐ݇ܟ݂ܵܠ݇ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ḵāramšā, “dinner”)
- ܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ (b-ramšā, “in the evening”)
- ܪܲܡܫܵܝܵܐ (ramšāyā, “of the evening”)
Classical Syriac edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܪܡܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܡܫܘܬܐ or ܪܡܫܐ)
Inflection edit
declension of ܪܡܫܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܪܡܫ | ܪܡܫܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܢ |
| construct | ܪܡܫ | ܪܡܫܘܬ ,ܪܡܫܝ |
| emphatic | ܪܡܫܐ | ܪܡܫܘܬܐ ,ܪܡܫܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܪܡܫܝ | ܪܡܫܘܬܝ ,ܪܡܫܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܪܡܫܟ | ܪܡܫܘܬܟ ,ܪܡܫܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܪܡܫܟܝ | ܪܡܫܘܬܟܝ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܪܡܫܗ | ܪܡܫܘܬܗ ,ܪܡܫܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܪܡܫܗ | ܪܡܫܘܬܗ ,ܪܡܫܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܪܡܫܢ | ܪܡܫܘܬܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܪܡܫܟܘܢ | ܪܡܫܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܪܡܫܟܝܢ | ܪܡܫܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܪܡܫܗܘܢ | ܪܡܫܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܪܡܫܗܝܢ | ܪܡܫܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܗܝܢ |
References edit
- “rmš”, 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. 348b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 544a
- 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. 1475a-b