ܟܘܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܟ ܡ ܪ
1 term

Compare Hebrew כֹּמֶר (kōmer) and Old Church Slavonic коумиръ (kumirŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kumrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kumre] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܡܪܐ • (kumrā) m (plural ܟܘܡܪܐ (kumrē), singular feminine counterpart ܟܘܡܪܬܐ (kumrəṯā))

  1. non-Christian (i.e. Jewish or pagan) priest
  2. (Christianity) pontiff

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܡܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܘܡܪ 1st person ܟܘܡܪܝ ܟܘܡܪܢ
construct ܟܘܡܪ 2nd person ܟܘܡܪܟ ܟܘܡܪܟܝ ܟܘܡܪܟܘܢ ܟܘܡܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܘܡܪܐ 3rd person ܟܘܡܪܗ ܟܘܡܪܗ ܟܘܡܪܗܘܢ ܟܘܡܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܟܘܡܪܝܢ 1st person ܟܘܡܪܝ ܟܘܡܪܝܢ
construct ܟܘܡܪܝ 2nd person ܟܘܡܪܝܟ ܟܘܡܪܝܟܝ ܟܘܡܪܝܟܘܢ ܟܘܡܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܘܡܪܐ 3rd person ܟܘܡܪܘܗܝ ܟܘܡܪܝܗ ܟܘܡܪܝܗܘܢ ܟܘܡܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

  • ܟܘܡܪܘܬܐ (kumrūṯā)
  • ܟܘܡܪܝܐ (kumrāyā)
  • ܪܒ ܟܘܡܪܐ (raḇ kumrē)

Descendants

  • → Old Armenian: քուրմ (kʻurm)
    • → Armenian: քուրմ (kʻurm) (learned)
    • → Old Georgian: ქურუმი (kurumi)

See also

References

  • “kwmr”, 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 152b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 209a
  • 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 608a–b
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