ܠܡܕ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Phoenician 𐤋𐤌𐤃 (lmd, literally “goad”) through Classical Syriac; compare Hebrew לָמֶד (lámed), Arabic لَام (lām) and Ancient Greek λᾰ́βδᾰ (lắbdă).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [lɑːmað.]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [lam.mad.], [lam.mat.]

Noun

ܠܵܡܲܕ݂ • (lāmaḏ) f

1. lamed (the twelfth letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)

Usage notes

• Lāmaḏ represents the number thirty in the native numbering system (usually used for ordinal numbers, book publishing data or biblical references).
  • When a mṭalqānā is placed above (ܠ݇), it means 30,000.

Coordinate terms

• (symbol) ܠ

Assyrian letter namesedit

• ܐܵܠܲܦ (ālap)
• ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ)
• ܓܵܡܲܠ (gāmal)
• ܕܵܠܲܬ݂ (dālaṯ)
• ܗܹܐ (hē)
• ܘܲܘ (waw)
• ܙܹܝܢ (zēn)
• ܚܹܝܬ݂ (ḥēṯ)
• ܛܹܝܬ݂ (ṭēṯ)
• ܝܘܿܕ݂ (yōḏ)
• ܟܲܦ (kap)
• ܠܵܡܲܕ݂ (lāmaḏ)
• ܡܝܼܡ (mīm)
• ܢܘܼܢ (nūn)
• ܣܸܡܟܲܬ݂ (simkaṯ)
• ܥܹܐ (ˁē)
• ܦܹܐ (pē)
• ܨܵܕ݂ܹܐ (ṣāḏē)
• ܩܘܿܦ (qōp)
• ܪܹܝܫ (rēš)
• ܫܝܼܢ (šīn)
• ܬܲܘ (taw)