Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܪ-ܫ-ܡ (r-š-m) related to marking.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [r(ə)ʃɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [r(ə)ʃɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܪܫܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܫܡܐ)

  1. indicating, foreshadowing
  2. (Christianity) signing the cross
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܪ-ܫ-ܡ (r-š-m) related to marking. Compare Arabic رَسْم (rasm) and Hebrew רֹשֶׁם (rṓšem).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [raʃmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [raʃme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܪܫܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܫܡܐ)

  1. bond, chain
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ršm”, 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. 353b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 551b
  • 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. 1492b