ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌝𒈠𒉡𒌓 (/⁠ummânūtu⁠/). Compare Hebrew אֻמָּנוּת (ʾummānûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔummɑnuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔummɑnwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ)

1. trade, craft
2. workmanship, skill, art
3. craftiness, artifice, guile
4. union, guild (of craftsmen)
5. alchemy, chemistry
6. (in the plural) engines of war

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܘܡܢܘ		1st person	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܝ		ܐܘܡܢܘܬܢ
	construct	ܐܘܡܢܘܬ		2nd person	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܘܡܢܘܢ		1st person	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܝ		ܐܘܡܢܘܬܢ
	construct	ܐܘܡܢܘܬ		2nd person	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀwmnw”, 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. 12a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 6b
• 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. 17a