ܟܡܘܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒌑𒁷𒊺𒉪 (Ú.GAMUN /kamūnu/, “cumin”); cognate with Arabic كَمُّون (kammūn), and Hebrew כַּמּוֹן (kammôn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kammunɑ]
Noun
ܟܲܡܘܼܢܵܐ or ܟܵܡܘܼܢܵܐ • (kammūnā or kāmūnāʾ) m(uncountable)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܡܘܢ | 1st person | ܟܡܘܢܝ | ܟܡܘܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܡܘܢ | 2nd person | ܟܡܘܢܟ | ܟܡܘܢܟܝ | ܟܡܘܢܟܘܢ | ܟܡܘܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܡܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܟܡܘܢܗ | ܟܡܘܢܗ | ܟܡܘܢܗܘܢ | ܟܡܘܢܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܟܡܘܢܝܐ
References
- “kmwn”, 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 157a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 217a
- 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 630a