ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܥܠܝܡܐ (ʿəlaymāʾ, “youth, adolescent”), from the root ܥ-ܠ-ܡ + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)lajmuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)lajm(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ • (ʿəlaymūṯāʾ) f (plural ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ)

1. youth, adolescence
2. youthfulness, youthful vigor
3. (collectively) youths

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܠܝܡܘ		1st person	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܝ		ܥܠܝܡܘܬܢ
	construct	ܥܠܝܡܘܬ		2nd person	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܝ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܘܢ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗܘܢ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܠܝܡܘܢ		1st person	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܝ		ܥܠܝܡܘܬܢ
	construct	ܥܠܝܡܘܬ		2nd person	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܝ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܘܢ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗܘܢ	ܥܠܝܡܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ˁlymw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-11-29
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 254a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 415a
• 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. 1102b