ܪܘܡܚܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Arabic رُمْح (rumḥ), Hebrew רֹמַח (rṓmaḥ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈrum.ħɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈrum.xɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈrum.ħo]
Noun
[edit]ܪܘܡܚܐ • (rumḥā) f (plural ܪܘܡܚܐ (rumḥē))
- spear, lance
- Peshitta, Judges 5:8:
- ܢܓܒܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܚܕܬܐ: ܘܗܝܕܝܢ ܠܚܡܐ ܕܣܥܪ̈ܐ: ܘܣܝܦܐ ܘܪܘܡܚܐ ܠܐ ܢܬܚܙܐ ܒܝܢܬ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ ܐܠܦ̈ܐ ܕܝܣܪܝܠ.
- neḡbē ʾălāhā ḥəḏattā; wə-hāydên laḥmā ḏa-səʿārē: wə-saypā wə-rumḥā lā neṯḥəzē baynāṯ ʾarbəʿīn ʾăləp̄ē ḏə-īsrāyēl.
- They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- Peshitta, Judges 5:8:
Inflection
[edit]Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.
declension of ܪܘܡܚܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܪܡܘܚ | ܪܘܡܚܝܢ |
| construct | ܪܡܘܚ | ܪܘܡܚܝ |
| emphatic | ܪܘܡܚܐ | ܪܘܡܚܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܪܘܡܚܝ | ܪܘܡܚܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܪܘܡܚܟ | ܪܘܡܚܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܪܘܡܚܟܝ | ܪܘܡܚܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܪܘܡܚܗ | ܪܘܡܚܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܪܘܡܚܗ | ܪܘܡܚܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܪܘܡܚܢ | ܪܘܡܚܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܪܘܡܚܟܘܢ | ܪܘܡܚܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܪܘܡܚܟܝܢ | ܪܘܡܚܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܪܘܡܚܗܘܢ | ܪܘܡܚܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܪܘܡܚܗܝܢ | ܪܘܡܚܝܗܝܢ |
References
[edit]- “rwmḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-06-02
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 342a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 535a
- 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, page 1450b