ܪܘܡܢܐ

Classical Syriac

ܪܘܡܢܐ

Alternative forms

• ܐܪܡܘܢܐ (ʾarmōnā), ܪܝܡܘܢܐ (rimmōnā)

Etymology

Unclear, see Arabic رُمَّان (rummān, “pomegranate”) for more cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rummɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rummɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܡܢܐ • (rummānā) m (plural ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānē))

1. pomegranate (tree and fruit)
2. (figuratively, botany) pomegranate-shaped head at the end of a stalk
3. (figuratively, architecture) capital

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܘܡܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܘܡܢ		1st person	ܪܘܡܢܝ		ܪܘܡܢܢ
	construct	ܪܘܡܢ		2nd person	ܪܘܡܢܟ	ܪܘܡܢܟܝ	ܪܘܡܢܟܘܢ	ܪܘܡܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܘܡܢܐ		3rd person	ܪܘܡܢܗ	ܪܘܡܢܗ	ܪܘܡܢܗܘܢ	ܪܘܡܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܘܡܢܝܢ		1st person	ܪܘܡܢܝ		ܪܘܡܢܝܢ
	construct	ܪܘܡܢܝ		2nd person	ܪܘܡܢܝܟ	ܪܘܡܢܝܟܝ	ܪܘܡܢܝܟܘܢ	ܪܘܡܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܘܡܢܐ		3rd person	ܪܘܡܢܘܗܝ	ܪܘܡܢܝܗ	ܪܘܡܢܝܗܘܢ	ܪܘܡܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rwmn”, 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, 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 1451a