ܨܘܡܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 27 March 2019

Etymology

From the root ܨ ܘ ܡ related to fasting. Compare Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm) and Hebrew צוֹם (ṣôm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤawmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˤawme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܨܘܡܐ • (ṣawmā) m (plural ܨܘܡܐ)

1. fast (abstention from food)

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܘܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܨܘܡ		1st person	ܨܘܡܝ		ܨܘܡܢ
	construct	ܨܘܡ		2nd person	ܨܘܡܟ	ܨܘܡܟܝ	ܨܘܡܟܘܢ	ܨܘܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܘܡܐ		3rd person	ܨܘܡܗ	ܨܘܡܗ	ܨܘܡܗܘܢ	ܨܘܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܨܘܡܝܢ		1st person	ܨܘܡܝ		ܨܘܡܝܢ
	construct	ܨܘܡܝ		2nd person	ܨܘܡܝܟ	ܨܘܡܝܟܝ	ܨܘܡܝܟܘܢ	ܨܘܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܘܡܐ		3rd person	ܨܘܡܘܗܝ	ܨܘܡܝܗ	ܨܘܡܝܗܘܢ	ܨܘܡܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܪܨܘܡܐ (Barṣaumā)

Descendants

• → Arabic: صَوْم (ṣawm)
• → Old Armenian: ծոմ (com)
  • Armenian: ծոմ (com)
    • → Udi: цӏум (c̣um)

References

• “ṣwm”, 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. 300a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 475b
• 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. 1279b