ܩܠܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic قَمْلَة (qamla) by metathesis.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [qal.mɑː]

Noun

ܩܲܠܡܵܐ • (qalmām sg (plural ܩܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ (qalmē))

  1. louse, weevil, parasite
  2. (in the plural, pathology) pediculosis

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܲܠܡܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܩܠܲܡ (qlam) 1st person ܩܲܠܡܝܼ (qalmī) ܩܲܠܡܲܢ (qalman)
construct ܩܠܲܡ (qlam) 2nd person ܩܲܠܡܘܼܟ݂ (qalmōḵ) ܩܲܠܡܵܟ݂ܝ (qalmāḵ) ܩܲܠܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qalmawḵōn)
emphatic ܩܲܠܡܵܐ (qalmā) 3rd person ܩܲܠܡܹܗ (qalmēh) ܩܲܠܡܵܗ̇ (qalmāh) ܩܲܠܡܗܘܿܢ (qalmhōn)
plural absolute ܩܲܠܡܝܼ̈ܢ (qalmīn) 1st person ܩܲܠܡܝܼ̈ (qalmī) ܩܲܠܡܲܢ̈ (qalman)
construct ܩܲܠܡܲܝ̈ (qalmay) 2nd person ܩܲܠܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qalmōḵ) ܩܲܠܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qalmāḵ) ܩܲܠܡܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qalmawḵōn)
emphatic ܩܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ (qalmē) 3rd person ܩܲܠܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qalmūh) ܩܲܠܡܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (qalmōh) ܩܲܠܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (qalmayhōn)

Derived terms

  • ܩܲܠܡܵܢܵܐ (qalmānā)
    • ܡܩܲܠܡܸܢ (mqalmin)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic قَمْلَة (qamla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qalmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qalme] (plural)

Noun

ܩܠܡܐ • (transliteration neededc (plural ܩܠܡܐ)

  1. louse, weevil, parasite
  2. (pathology) pediculosis

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܠܡܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܩܠܡ 1st person ܩܠܡܝ ܩܠܡܢ
construct ܩܠܡ 2nd person ܩܠܡܟ ܩܠܡܟܝ ܩܠܡܟܘܢ ܩܠܡܟܝܢ
emphatic ܩܠܡܐ 3rd person ܩܠܡܗ ܩܠܡܗ ܩܠܡܗܘܢ ܩܠܡܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܩܠܡܝܢ 1st person ܩܠܡܝ ܩܠܡܝܢ
construct ܩܠܡܝ 2nd person ܩܠܡܝܟ ܩܠܡܝܟܝ ܩܠܡܝܟܘܢ ܩܠܡܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܩܠܡܐ 3rd person ܩܠܡܘܗܝ ܩܠܡܝܗ ܩܠܡܝܗܘܢ ܩܠܡܝܗܝܢ

References

  • qlm”, 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 320b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 507a
  • 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 1372b