ܪܚܡܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܪܚܡܐ (rāḥmāʾ, “friend”), from the root ܪ-ܚ-ܡ (r-ḥ-m) related to loving + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɑħmuθɑ(ʔ)], [raħmuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܚܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

1. friendship, amity
2. love, kindness

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܚܡܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܚܡܘ		1st person	ܪܚܡܘܬܝ		ܪܚܡܘܬܢ
	construct	ܪܚܡܘܬ		2nd person	ܪܚܡܘܬܟ	ܪܚܡܘܬܟܝ	ܪܚܡܘܬܟܘܢ	ܪܚܡܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܚܡܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܪܚܡܘܬܗ	ܪܚܡܘܬܗ	ܪܚܡܘܬܗܘܢ	ܪܚܡܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “rḥmw”, 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. 343a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 537b
• 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. 1456b