ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒌝𒈠𒉡𒌓 (/ummânūtu/). Compare Hebrew אֻמָּנוּת (ʾummānûṯ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔummɑnuθɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔummɑnwɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ)
- trade, craft
- workmanship, skill, art
- craftiness, artifice, guile
- union, guild (of craftsmen)
- alchemy, chemistry
- (in the plural) engines of war
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܘܡܢܘ | 1st person | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܝ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܘܡܢܘܬ | 2nd person | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܘܢ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܘܢ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܘܡܢܘܢ | 1st person | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܝ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܘܡܢܘܬ | 2nd person | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܘܢ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܘܢ | ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ˀwmnw”, 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, page 12a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 6b
- 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, →ISBN, page 17a