ܐܪܡܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic أَرْمَلَة (ʔarmala) and Hebrew אַלְמָנָה (ʾalmānâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔarmal(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔarm(ə)lɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܐܪܡܠܬܐ • (ʾarmalṯā) f (plural ܐܪܡܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܪܡܠܐ (ʾarməlā))

  1. widow (humans or animals)
  2. sterile ground, barren tree
  3. church left without a pastor

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܪܡܠܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܪܡܠܐ 1st person ܐܪܡܠܬܝ ܐܪܡܠܬܢ
construct ܐܪܡܠܬ 2nd person ܐܪܡܠܬܟ ܐܪܡܠܬܟܝ ܐܪܡܠܬܟܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܪܡܠܬܐ 3rd person ܐܪܡܠܬܗ ܐܪܡܠܬܗ ܐܪܡܠܬܗܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܐܪܡܠܢ 1st person ܐܪܡܠܬܢ ܐܪܡܠܬܢ
construct ܐܪܡܠܬ 2nd person ܐܪܡܠܬܟ ܐܪܡܠܬܟܝ ܐܪܡܠܬܟܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܪܡܠܬܐ 3rd person ܐܪܡܠܬܗ ܐܪܡܠܬܗ ܐܪܡܠܬܗܘܢ ܐܪܡܠܬܗܝܢ

References

  • “ˀrmlh”, 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
  • 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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