ܐܘܟܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܟܘܡܐ
• ܟܘܡܐ

Etymology

From the root ܐ-ܟ-ܡ (ʾ-k-m) related to blackening. Compare Hebrew אָכֹם (ʾāḵōm) and Aramaic אוכמא.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔukkɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔukkɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܐܘܟܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ)

1. black, dark, sunburnt
2. (figuratively) obscure

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܟܡܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܐܘܟܡ	ܐܘܟܡܐ	ܐܘܟܡܝܢ	ܐܘܟܡܢ
construct	ܐܘܟܡ	ܐܘܟܡܬ	ܐܘܟܡܝ	ܐܘܟܡܬ
emphatic	ܐܘܟܡܐ	ܐܘܟܡܬܐ	ܐܘܟܡܐ	ܐܘܟܡܬܐ

Antonyms

• ܚܘܪܐ

Noun

ܐܘܟܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ)

1. black (color)
2. negro, Moor, Nubian, sub-Saharan African, black person
3. (in the plural) black garments worn by Abbasids, judges, or those in mourning
4. (anatomy) pupil

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܟܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܘܟܡ		1st person	ܐܘܟܡܝ		ܐܘܟܡܢ
	construct	ܐܘܟܡ		2nd person	ܐܘܟܡܟ	ܐܘܟܡܟܝ	ܐܘܟܡܟܘܢ	ܐܘܟܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܟܡܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܟܡܗ	ܐܘܟܡܗ	ܐܘܟܡܗܘܢ	ܐܘܟܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܘܟܡܝܢ		1st person	ܐܘܟܡܝ		ܐܘܟܡܝܢ
	construct	ܐܘܟܡܝ		2nd person	ܐܘܟܡܝܟ	ܐܘܟܡܝܟܝ	ܐܘܟܡܝܟܘܢ	ܐܘܟܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܟܡܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܟܡܘܗܝ	ܐܘܟܡܝܗ	ܐܘܟܡܝܗܘܢ	ܐܘܟܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀkwm”, 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, p. 9a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 5b
• 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, p. 15b