Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic تَوْأَمة (tawʔama) and Hebrew תְּאוֹמָה (təʾômâ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tɑ(ʔ)mtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tɑ(ʔ)mɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

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ܬܐܡܬܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. feminine emphatic singular of ܬܐܡܐ
  2. feminine emphatic plural of ܬܐܡܐ

Noun

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ܬܐܡܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܬܐܡܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܬܐܡܐ)

  1. twin, double
  2. (in the plural) valves, double doors

Inflection

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References

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  • tywmh”, 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