ܬܐܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam) and Hebrew תְּאוֹם (təʾôm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t(əʔ)ɑmɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [t(əʔ)ɑme] (plural)

Adjective

ܬܐܡܐ • (təʾāmā) m (plural ܬܐܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܐܡܬܐ)

1. twin, double, geminate

Inflection

    declension of ܬܐܡܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܐܡ	ܬܐܡܝܢ
construct	ܬܐܡ	ܬܐܡܝ
emphatic	ܬܐܡܐ	ܬܐܡܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܐܡܐ	ܬܐܡܢ
construct	ܬܐܡܬ	ܬܐܡܬ
emphatic	ܬܐܡܬܐ	ܬܐܡܬܐ

Noun

ܬܐܡܐ • (təʾāmā) m (plural ܬܐܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܐܡܬܐ)

1. twin, double

Inflection

    inflection of ܬܐܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܐܡ	ܬܐܡܝܢ
construct	ܬܐܡ	ܬܐܡܝ
emphatic	ܬܐܡܐ	ܬܐܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܐܡܝ	ܬܐܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܐܡܟ	ܬܐܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܐܡܟܝ	ܬܐܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܐܡܗ	ܬܐܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܐܡܗ	ܬܐܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܐܡܢ	ܬܐܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܐܡܟܘܢ	ܬܐܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܐܡܟܝܢ	ܬܐܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܐܡܗܘܢ	ܬܐܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܐܡܗܝܢ	ܬܐܡܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܬܐܡܐ • (təʾāmā) m

1. (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Gemini (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

• “tˀm”, 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. 386b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 603a
• 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, pp. 1618b-1619a