ܠܡܐܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λῐμήν (lĭmḗn); compare Hebrew נָמֵל (namél), Ottoman Turkish لیمان (liman), Greek λιμάνι (limáni) and possibly Arabic مِينَاء (mīnāʔ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܠܡܹܐܢܵܐ • (lmēnā) m (plural ܠܡܹܐܢܹ̈ܐ (lmēnē))
- (nautical) port, harbor, haven
- (figuratively) safe haven, retreat, refuge
- Synonym: ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܓܲܘܣܵܐ (bēṯ gawsā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܡܹܐܢ (lmēn) | 1st person | ܠܡܹܐܢܝܼ (lmēnī) | ܠܡܹܐܢܲܢ (lmēnan) | |||
| construct | ܠܡܹܐܢ (lmēn) | 2nd person | ܠܡܹܐܢܘܼܟ݂ (lmēnōḵ) | ܠܡܹܐܢܵܟ݂ܝ (lmēnāḵ) | ܠܡܹܐܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lmēnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܡܹܐܢܵܐ (lmēnā) | 3rd person | ܠܡܹܐܢܹܗ (lmēnēh) | ܠܡܹܐܢܵܗ̇ (lmēnāh) | ܠܡܹܐܢܗܘܿܢ (lmēnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܠܡܹܐܢܝܼ̈ܢ (lmēnīn) | 1st person | ܠܡܹܐܢܝܼ̈ (lmēnī) | ܠܡܹܐܢܲܢ̈ (lmēnan) | |||
| construct | ܠܡܹܐܢܲܝ̈ (lmēnay) | 2nd person | ܠܡܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (lmēnōḵ) | ܠܡܹܐܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (lmēnāḵ) | ܠܡܹܐܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lmēnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܡܹܐܢܹ̈ܐ (lmēnē) | 3rd person | ܠܡܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (lmēnūh) | ܠܡܹܐܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (lmēnōh) | ܠܡܹܐܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (lmēnayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܠܡܹܐܢܵܐ ܐܵܐܲܪܵܝܵܐ (lmēnā āˀarrāyā)
- ܠܡܹܐܢ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (lmēn ḥayyē)
- ܠܡܹܐܢ ܩܲܕܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (lmēn qadīšē)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [l(ə)me(ʔ)nɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [l(ə)me(ʔ)ne] (plural)
Noun
ܠܡܐܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܡܐܢܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܡܐܢ | 1st person | ܠܡܐܢܝ | ܠܡܐܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܡܐܢ | 2nd person | ܠܡܐܢܟ | ܠܡܐܢܟܝ | ܠܡܐܢܟܘܢ | ܠܡܐܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܡܐܢܐ | 3rd person | ܠܡܐܢܗ | ܠܡܐܢܗ | ܠܡܐܢܗܘܢ | ܠܡܐܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܠܡܐܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܠܡܐܢܝ | ܠܡܐܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܡܐܢܝ | 2nd person | ܠܡܐܢܝܟ | ܠܡܐܢܝܟܝ | ܠܡܐܢܝܟܘܢ | ܠܡܐܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܡܐܢܐ | 3rd person | ܠܡܐܢܘܗܝ | ܠܡܐܢܝܗ | ܠܡܐܢܝܗܘܢ | ܠܡܐܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “lmyn”, 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 173a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 243a
- 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, pages 691b–692a