syame
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Syriac ܣܝܡܐ.
Noun
editsyame
- A diacritical mark used in Aramaic, written as two horizontal dots above a letter, indicating that a noun or adjective is plural, or occasionally that a word ends in /e/ or /ε/. If written above resh in the Syriac script, it replaces the single dot that differentiates it from daleth.
Usage notes
editThe word is plural in Aramaic. In English, some writers construe it as plural, others as singular.