ܪܚܡܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the root ܪ ܚ ܡ related to loving.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rɑħɛm(mə)θɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [rɑħmɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܪܚܡܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܚܡܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܪܚܡܐ)
- friend
- (grammar, phonetics, in the plural) phonotactically-permissible phonemes
- Antonym: ܣܢܐܬܐ
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܚܡܐ | 1st person | ܪܚܡܬܝ | ܪܚܡܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܚܡܬ | 2nd person | ܪܚܡܬܟ | ܪܚܡܬܟܝ | ܪܚܡܬܟܘܢ | ܪܚܡܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܚܡܬܐ | 3rd person | ܪܚܡܬܗ | ܪܚܡܬܗ | ܪܚܡܬܗܘܢ | ܪܚܡܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܪܚܡܢ | 1st person | ܪܚܡܬܢ | ܪܚܡܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܚܡܬ | 2nd person | ܪܚܡܬܟ | ܪܚܡܬܟܝ | ܪܚܡܬܟܘܢ | ܪܚܡܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܚܡܬܐ | 3rd person | ܪܚܡܬܗ | ܪܚܡܬܗ | ܪܚܡܬܗܘܢ | ܪܚܡܬܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
From the root ܪ ܚ ܡ related to loving. Compare Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rɛħm(ə)θɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [rɛħmɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܪܚܡܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܚܡܬܐ)
- love, kindness
- friendship
- desire
- (figuratively) magnetism
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܚܡܐ | 1st person | ܪܚܡܬܝ | ܪܚܡܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܚܡܬ | 2nd person | ܪܚܡܬܟ | ܪܚܡܬܟܝ | ܪܚܡܬܟܘܢ | ܪܚܡܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܚܡܬܐ | 3rd person | ܪܚܡܬܗ | ܪܚܡܬܗ | ܪܚܡܬܗܘܢ | ܪܚܡܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܪܚܡܢ | 1st person | ܪܚܡܬܢ | ܪܚܡܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܚܡܬ | 2nd person | ܪܚܡܬܟ | ܪܚܡܬܟܝ | ܪܚܡܬܟܘܢ | ܪܚܡܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܚܡܬܐ | 3rd person | ܪܚܡܬܗ | ܪܚܡܬܗ | ܪܚܡܬܗܘܢ | ܪܚܡܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “rḥmh”, 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 343a, b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 538a
- 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 1456b, 1457a, b