ܣܘܡܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܣ-ܡ-ܟ (s-m-k) related to supporting. The sense of "conjunction" is a calque of Arabic إِسْنَاد (ʔisnād).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [summɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [summɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܘܡܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܘܡܟܐ)

1. prop, support
2. camel's howdah
3. reliance, dependence
4. sustenance, maintenance, restoration
5. (grammar) conjunction, adjoining of subject and predicate

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܘܡܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܘܡܟ		1st person	ܣܘܡܟܝ		ܣܘܡܟܢ
	construct	ܣܘܡܟ		2nd person	ܣܘܡܟܟ	ܣܘܡܟܟܝ	ܣܘܡܟܟܘܢ	ܣܘܡܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܘܡܟܐ		3rd person	ܣܘܡܟܗ	ܣܘܡܟܗ	ܣܘܡܟܗܘܢ	ܣܘܡܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܘܡܟܝܢ		1st person	ܣܘܡܟܝ		ܣܘܡܟܝܢ
	construct	ܣܘܡܟܝ		2nd person	ܣܘܡܟܝܟ	ܣܘܡܟܝܟܝ	ܣܘܡܟܝܟܘܢ	ܣܘܡܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܘܡܟܐ		3rd person	ܣܘܡܟܘܗܝ	ܣܘܡܟܝܗ	ܣܘܡܟܝܗܘܢ	ܣܘܡܟܝܗܝܢ

References

• “swmk”, 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. 231a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 367a
• 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. 981a