ܪܗܘܡܝܐ

From ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܹܐ (rōmē, “Rome”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [roːˈmɑːjɑː] (singular)

  IPA^(key): [roːˈmɑːjeː] (plural)

ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ • (rōmāyā) (feminine ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܬܵܐ (rōmāytā), plural ܪ̈ܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܹܐ (rōmāyē))

1. Romanian (of, from, or pertaining to Rome or the Roman Empire)
2. Romance (of, or pertaining to the Romance language family)

ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ • (rōmāyā) m (plural ܪ̈ܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܹܐ (rōmāyē), feminine ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܬܵܐ (rōmāytā))

1. Roman (native or resident of Rome or of the Roman Empire)
2. Romani, Gypsy

ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ • (rōmāyā) m

1. a surname

ܪ̈ܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܹܐ • (rōmāyē) m

1. (biblical) Romans (sixth book of the New Testament)

From ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܹܐ (“Rome”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

• IPA^(key): [romɑjɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [romɑje] (plural)

ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ • (rōmāyā) (feminine ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܬܵܐ, masculine plural ܪ̈ܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܹܐ)

1. Roman, from or belonging to Rome, its inhabitants or the Roman Empire.
2. Pertaining the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church.

ܪܗܘܡܝܐ • (rōmāyā) m (plural ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ or ܪ̈ܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܹܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܬܵܐ)

1. Roman, a native or resident of the city of Rome or of the Roman Empire.
   • 1981, Peshitta New Testament, Acts 25.16:

     ܘܐܡܪܬ ܠܗܘܢ ܕܠܝܬ ܥܝܕܐ ܠܪܗܘܡܝܐ ܕܢܬܠܘܢ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܡܘܗܒܬ ܠܩܛܠܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܢܐܬܐ ܒܥܠ ܕܝܢܗ ܘܢܟܣܝܘܗܝ ܒܐܦܘܗܝ ܘܢܬܝܗܒܠܗ ܐܬܪܐ ܠܡܦܩ ܒܪܘܚܐ ܥܠ ܡܐ ܕܡܬܪܫܐ ܀

     To them I answered, ‘It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man [b]to destruction before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.

2. A member of the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church.
3. (in the plural) Saint Paul's epistle to the Romans.

• ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܹ̈ܐ (“The Roman Empire”)

• “rhwmy”, 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 340b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 531a