ܕܡܥܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic دَمْعَة (damʕa) and Hebrew דִּמְעָה (dimʿâ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܕܡܥܬܐ (demʿəṯāf (plural ܕܡܥܐ (demʿē))

  1. tear, teardrop
  2. drop (of any liquid)
  3. (figuratively) sap, resin

Inflection

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References

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  • dmˁh”, 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 67a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94b
  • 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 311b