ܐܪܡܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔarm(ə)lɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔarm(ə)le] (plural)

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic أَرْمَل (ʔarmal) and Hebrew אַלְמָן (ʾalmān).

Noun

ܐܪܡܠܐ • (ʾarməlā) m (plural ܐܪܡܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܪܡܠܬܐ)

  1. widower (humans or animals)
  2. sterile ground, barren tree
  3. church left without a pastor
Inflection
Inflection of ܐܪܡܠܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܪܡܠ 1st person ܐܪܡܠܝ ܐܪܡܠܢ
construct ܐܪܡܠ 2nd person ܐܪܡܠܟ ܐܪܡܠܟܝ ܐܪܡܠܟܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܪܡܠܐ 3rd person ܐܪܡܠܗ ܐܪܡܠܗ ܐܪܡܠܗܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܐܪܡܠܝܢ 1st person ܐܪܡܠܝ ܐܪܡܠܝܢ
construct ܐܪܡܠܝ 2nd person ܐܪܡܠܝܟ ܐܪܡܠܝܟܝ ܐܪܡܠܝܟܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܪܡܠܐ 3rd person ܐܪܡܠܘܗܝ ܐܪܡܠܝܗ ܐܪܡܠܝܗܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἁρμαλά (harmalá).

Noun

ܐܪܡܠܐ • (ʾarməlā) m (plural ܐܪܡܠܐ)

  1. (botany) Peganum harmala, harmal
    Synonym: ܫܒܪܐ
Inflection
Inflection of ܐܪܡܠܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܪܡܠ 1st person ܐܪܡܠܝ ܐܪܡܠܢ
construct ܐܪܡܠ 2nd person ܐܪܡܠܟ ܐܪܡܠܟܝ ܐܪܡܠܟܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܪܡܠܐ 3rd person ܐܪܡܠܗ ܐܪܡܠܗ ܐܪܡܠܗܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܐܪܡܠܝܢ 1st person ܐܪܡܠܝ ܐܪܡܠܝܢ
construct ܐܪܡܠܝ 2nd person ܐܪܡܠܝܟ ܐܪܡܠܝܟܝ ܐܪܡܠܝܟܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܪܡܠܐ 3rd person ܐܪܡܠܘܗܝ ܐܪܡܠܝܗ ܐܪܡܠܝܗܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܝܗܝܢ
Descendants
  • → Arabic: حَرْمَل (ḥarmal)
    • English: harmal
    • ⇒ English: harmine, harmaline, harmalol, Peganum harmala

References

  • “ˀrml”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “ˀrmlˀ”, 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 20a
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, page 371
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 29b
  • 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 102b
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