ܫܘܡܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܘ-ܡ (š-w-m) related to being wounded. Compare Arabic شَامة (šāma) and Hebrew שׁוּמָה (šûmâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃumtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃumɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܡܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܘܡܬܐ)

1. wound, bruise, swelling
2. sore, ulcer
3. spot (from scurvy or plague)
4. scab, scar
5. (in the plural) stubble, whiskers
6. (in the plural, Christianity) Eucharist crumbs

Inflection

    declension of ܫܘܡܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܘܡܐ	ܫܘܡܢ
construct	ܫܘܡܬ	ܫܘܡܬ
emphatic	ܫܘܡܬܐ	ܫܘܡܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܘܡܬܝ	ܫܘܡܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܘܡܬܟ	ܫܘܡܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܘܡܬܟܝ	ܫܘܡܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܘܡܬܗ	ܫܘܡܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܘܡܬܗ	ܫܘܡܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܘܡܬܢ	ܫܘܡܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܘܡܬܟܘܢ	ܫܘܡܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܘܡܬܟܝܢ	ܫܘܡܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܘܡܬܗܘܢ	ܫܘܡܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܘܡܬܗܝܢ	ܫܘܡܬܗܝܢ

References

• “šwmh”, 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, pp. 362b-363a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 566b
• 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. 1530a