ܕܡܥܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܕ ܡ ܥ (d m ˁ) |
| 2 terms |
Inherited from Aramaic דִּמְעֲתָא (dimʿăṯā); compare Arabic دَمْعَة (damʕa) and Hebrew דִּמְעָה (dim'á).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܵܐ • (dimˁṯā) f sg (plural ܕܸܡܥܹ̈ܐ (dimˁē))
- tear (a drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܸܡܥܵܐ (dimˁā) | 1st person | ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܝܼ (dimˁṯī) | ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܲܢ (dimˁṯan) | |||
| construct | ܕܸܡܥܲܬ݂ (dimˁaṯ) | 2nd person | ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (dimˁṯōḵ) | ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (dimˁṯāḵ) | ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dimˁṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܵܐ (dimˁṯā) | 3rd person | ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܹܗ (dimˁṯēh) | ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (dimˁṯāh) | ܕܸܡܥܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (dimˁṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܕܸܡܥܝܼ̈ܢ (dimˁīn) | 1st person | ܕܸܡܥܝܼ̈ (dimˁī) | ܕܸܡܥܲܢ̈ (dimˁan) | |||
| construct | ܕܸܡܥܲܝ̈ (dimˁay) | 2nd person | ܕܸܡܥܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (dimˁōḵ) | ܕܸܡܥܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (dimˁāḵ) | ܕܸܡܥܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dimˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܸܡܥܹ̈ܐ (dimˁē) | 3rd person | ܕܸܡܥܘܼ̈ܗܝ (dimˁūh) | ܕܸܡܥܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (dimˁōh) | ܕܸܡܥܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (dimˁayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܕܸܡܥܵܢܵܐ (dimˁānā)
- ܕܸܡܥܲܝ̈ ܬܲܡܣܝܼܚܵܐ (dimˁay tamsīḥā)
- ܡܕܲܡܕܸܡ (mdamdim, “to weep”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Arabic دَمْعَة (damʕa) and Hebrew דִּמְעָה (dimʿâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɛmʕ(ə)θɑ]
Noun
ܕܡܥܬܐ • (demʿəṯā) f (plural ܕܡܥܐ (demʿē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܡܥܐ | 1st person | ܕܡܥܬܝ | ܕܡܥܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܡܥܬ | 2nd person | ܕܡܥܬܟ | ܕܡܥܬܟܝ | ܕܡܥܬܟܝܢ | ܕܡܥܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܡܥܬܐ | 3rd person | ܕܡܥܬܗ | ܕܡܥܬܗ | ܕܡܥܬܗܘܢ | ܕܡܥܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܕܡܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܕܡܥܝ | ܕܡܥܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܡܥܝ | 2nd person | ܕܡܥܝܟ | ܕܡܥܝܟܝ | ܕܡܥܝܟܘܢ | ܕܡܥܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܡܥܐ | 3rd person | ܕܡܥܘܗܝ | ܕܡܥܝܗ | ܕܡܥܝܗܘܢ | ܕܡܥܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “dmˁh”, 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 67a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94b
- 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 311b