ܕܡܘܬܐ

See also: ܪܡܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ ܡ ܐ related to resembling. Compare Arabic دُمْيَة (dumya) and Hebrew דְּמוּת (dəmûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d(ə)muθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɛmwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܕܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܕܡܘܬܐ)

1. likeness, reflection, image
2. form, figure, shape
3. (astronomy) constellation
4. copy
5. likening, simile
6. class, kind, type
7. example, archetype
8. pattern, plan
9. imagination
10. enigma
11. garment, clothing

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܡܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܡܘ		1st person	ܕܡܘܬܝ		ܕܡܘܬܢ
	construct	ܕܡܘܬ		2nd person	ܕܡܘܬܟ	ܕܡܘܬܟܝ	ܕܡܘܬܟܘܢ	ܕܡܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܡܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܕܡܘܬܗ	ܕܡܘܬܗ	ܕܡܘܬܗܘܢ	ܕܡܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܡܘܢ		1st person	ܕܡܘܬܝ		ܕܡܘܬܢ
	construct	ܕܡܘܬ		2nd person	ܕܡܘܬܟ	ܕܡܘܬܟܝ	ܕܡܘܬܟܘܢ	ܕܡܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܡܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܕܡܘܬܗ	ܕܡܘܬܗ	ܕܡܘܬܗܘܢ	ܕܡܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “dmw”, 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 66b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94a
• 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, page 308a