ܣܝܩܘܡܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܣܝܩܘܡܐ (sēqōmā, “measure, amount, reckoning”) with the meaning changed, from Ancient Greek σήκωμα (sḗkōma); also borrowed into Arabic سَقُوم (saqūm).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [se̝ˈqoːmɑː]

ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ • (sēqōmā) m sg (plural ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (sēqōmē))

1. calendar date (that which specifies the time of writing, inscription etc.)

   ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ؟ ― mā ìlēh sēqōmā idyōm? ― What is the date today?

   ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡ ܡܵܘܠܵܕܘܼܟ݂؟

   mā ìlēh sēqōm māwlādōḵ?

   What is your date of birth?

2. (obsolete) reckoning, calculation, process of computation

• ܣܲܩܸܡ (saqqim, “to date”)
• ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡ ܡܵܘܠܵܕܵܐ (sēqōm māwlādā, “date of birth”)
• ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡ ܡܛܵܝܬܵܐ (sēqōm mṭāytā, “date of arrival”)

• ܣܘܼܩܵܡܵܐ (suqqāmā)

• ܬܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (tuḥḥāmā, “measure, amount, total”), ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢܵܐ (ḥušbānā, “reckoning, calculation”)
• ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yāwmā, “day”), ܫܵܥܬܵܐ (šāˁtā, “hour”)

From Ancient Greek σήκωμα (sḗkōma).

• IPA^(key): [se̝ˈqo.mɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [se̝ˈqo.me] (plural)

ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ • (sēqōmā) m (plural ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܹܐ (sēqōmē))

1. measure, thing whereby one metes
2. measured thing
3. amount, computation, what has been computed
4. reckoning, calculation, process of computation
5. period, era
6. agreement, contract, convention
7. colophon

• → Arabic: سَقُوم (saqūm)

• “syqwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 22 June 2018
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 235b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 376a
• 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 1006b–1007a