ܨܘܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܨ ܘ ܡ (ṣ w m)
3 terms

Of the noun pattern 1a23ā, Inherited from Aramaic [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [sˤawmaː]

Noun

ܨܲܘܡܵܐ • (ṣawmām (plural ܨܲܘ̈ܡܹܐ (ṣawmē))

  1. fast, fasting (abstention from food)
    Synonym: ܨܝܵܡܵܐ (ṣyāmā)

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 27 March 2019

Etymology

From the root ܨ ܘ ܡ related to fasting. Compare Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm) and Hebrew צוֹם (ṣôm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sˤawmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˤawme] (plural)

Noun

ܨܘܡܐ • (ṣawmām (plural ܨܘܡܐ)

  1. fast (abstention from food)

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܘܡܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܨܘܡ 1st person ܨܘܡܝ ܨܘܡܢ
construct ܨܘܡ 2nd person ܨܘܡܟ ܨܘܡܟܝ ܨܘܡܟܘܢ ܨܘܡܟܝܢ
emphatic ܨܘܡܐ 3rd person ܨܘܡܗ ܨܘܡܗ ܨܘܡܗܘܢ ܨܘܡܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܨܘܡܝܢ 1st person ܨܘܡܝ ܨܘܡܝܢ
construct ܨܘܡܝ 2nd person ܨܘܡܝܟ ܨܘܡܝܟܝ ܨܘܡܝܟܘܢ ܨܘܡܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܨܘܡܐ 3rd person ܨܘܡܘܗܝ ܨܘܡܝܗ ܨܘܡܝܗܘܢ ܨܘܡܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

  • ܒܪܨܘܡܐ (Barṣaumā)

Descendants

  • Arabic: صَوْم (ṣawm)
  • Old Armenian: ծոմ (com)

References

  • ṣwm”, 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 300a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 475b
  • 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 1279b