ܥܝܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܘ-ܡ (ʿ-w-m) related to obscuring. Compare Arabic غَيْم (ḡaym), Ge'ez ጊሜ (gime). The sense of "aër" is a calque of Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕajmɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕajme] (plural)

Noun

ܥܝܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܝܡܐ)

1. cloud, mist, fog
2. (figuratively) aër, ritual veil

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܝܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܝܡ		1st person	ܥܝܡܝ		ܥܝܡܢ
	construct	ܥܝܡ		2nd person	ܥܝܡܟ	ܥܝܡܟܝ	ܥܝܡܟܘܢ	ܥܝܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܝܡܐ		3rd person	ܥܝܡܗ	ܥܝܡܗ	ܥܝܡܗܘܢ	ܥܝܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܝܡܝܢ		1st person	ܥܝܡܝ		ܥܝܡܝܢ
	construct	ܥܝܡܝ		2nd person	ܥܝܡܝܟ	ܥܝܡܝܟܝ	ܥܝܡܝܟܘܢ	ܥܝܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܝܡܐ		3rd person	ܥܝܡܘܗܝ	ܥܝܡܝܗ	ܥܝܡܝܗܘܢ	ܥܝܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˁym”, 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. 251a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 411b
• 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. 1096b