ܦܘܡܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܟܸܡܵܐ (kimmā)
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic פּוּמָא (pumā), from Proto-Semitic *pay-; compare Arabic فَم (fam), Hebrew פֶּה (pe) and Akkadian 𒅗 (pûm).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [pummɑː]
Noun
ܦܘܼܡܵܐ • (pūmā) m sg (plural ܦܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (pummē) or ܦܘܼܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ (pūmānē) or ܦܘܼܡܵܡܹ̈ܐ (pūmāmē) or ܦܘܼ̈ܡܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (pūmawwāṯā))
- (anatomy) mouth
- (animal anatomy) beak
- mouthful
- entrance, opening, orifice
- command, order, decree
- top of a container
- ܡܠܝܼ ܠܵܗ̇ ܗܲܠ ܦܘܼܡܵܗ̇ ― mlī lāh hal pummāh ― Fill it to the top.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܘܼܡ (pum) | 1st person | ܦܘܼܡܝܼ (pummī) | ܦܘܼܡܲܢ (pumman) | |||
| construct | ܦܘܼܡ (pum) | 2nd person | ܦܘܼܡܘܼܟ݂ (pūmōḵ) | ܦܘܼܡܵܟ݂ܝ (pummāḵ) | ܦܘܼܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (pūmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (pūmā) | 3rd person | ܦܘܼܡܹܗ (pummēh) | ܦܘܼܡܵܗ̇ (pummāh) | ܦܘܼܡܗܘܿܢ (pummhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܦܘܼܡܝܼ̈ܢ (pūmīn) | 1st person | ܦܘܼܡܝܼ̈ (pummī) | ܦܘܼܡܲܢ̈ (pumman) | |||
| construct | ܦܘܼܡܲܝ̈ (pummay) | 2nd person | ܦܘܼܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (pūmōḵ) | ܦܘܼܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (pummāḵ) | ܦܘܼܡܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (pūmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܦܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (pummē) | 3rd person | ܦܘܼܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (pummūh) | ܦܘܼܡܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (pummōh) | ܦܘܼܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (pūmayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܡܪܘܼܫܠܘܼܬ݂ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (mrušlūṯ pūmā, “facial paralysis”)
- ܦܘܼܡܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (pūmāˀīṯ, “orally”)
- ܦܘܼܡܵܝܵܐ (pummāyā, “oral”)
- ܦܘܼܡܵܢܵܐ (pummānā, “glutton”)
- ܦܘܼܡܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (pūmānāˀīṯ, “aloud”)
- ܫܘܼܠܗܵܒ݂ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (šulhāḇ pūmā, “stomatitis”)
- ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (šmay pūmā, “palate”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *pay-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pumɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [pume] (plural)
Noun
ܦܘܡܐ • (pūmā) m (plural ܦܘܡܐ (pūmē))
- (anatomy) mouth
- (animal anatomy) beak
- mouthful
- entrance, opening, orifice
- command, order, decree
- surface, peel
- riverbank
- blade, edge of a sword
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܘܡ | 1st person | ܦܘܡܝ | ܦܘܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܘܡ | 2nd person | ܦܘܡܟ | ܦܘܡܟܝ | ܦܘܡܟܘܢ | ܦܘܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܘܡܐ | 3rd person | ܦܘܡܗ | ܦܘܡܗ | ܦܘܡܗܘܢ | ܦܘܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܦܘܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܦܘܡܝ | ܦܘܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܘܡܝ | 2nd person | ܦܘܡܝܟ | ܦܘܡܝܟܝ | ܦܘܡܝܟܘܢ | ܦܘܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܘܡܐ | 3rd person | ܦܘܡܘܗܝ | ܦܘܡܝܗ | ܦܘܡܝܗܘܢ | ܦܘܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “pwm”, 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 271a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 437b
- 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 1165a–b