ܟܝܡܐ
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈki.mɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈki.mɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈki.mo]
Etymology 1
From Akkadian 𒌑𒅗𒀪𒈠𒌓 (/kamʾtu/). Compare Arabic كَمْأَة (kamʔa), Hebrew כְּמֵהָה (kəmēhâ).
Noun
ܟܝܡܐ • (kīmā) m (plural ܟܝܡܐ (kīmē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܝܡ | 1st person | ܟܝܡܝ | ܟܝܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܝܡ | 2nd person | ܟܝܡܟ | ܟܝܡܟܝ | ܟܝܡܟܘܢ | ܟܝܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܝܡܐ | 3rd person | ܟܝܡܗ | ܟܝܡܗ | ܟܝܡܗܘܢ | ܟܝܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܝܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܝܡܝ | ܟܝܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܝܡܝ | 2nd person | ܟܝܡܝܟ | ܟܝܡܝܟܝ | ܟܝܡܝܟܘܢ | ܟܝܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܝܡܐ | 3rd person | ܟܝܡܘܗܝ | ܟܝܡܝܗ | ܟܝܡܝܗܘܢ | ܟܝܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Compare Hebrew כִּימָה (kîmâ).
Proper noun
ܟܝܡܐ • (kīmā) f
References
- “kymˀ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 20 January 2020
- “kymˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 13 August 2012
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 410a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 213a
- 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 619a