ܪܡܟܐ

See also: ܕܡܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Old Iranian *ramaka- or Middle Iranian *ramak. Compare Middle Persian lmk' (ramag), Persian رمه (rama), Old Armenian երամակ (eramak), and Hebrew רַמָּךְ (rammāḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ram(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular and plural)
• IPA^(key): [ram(ə)xe(ʔ)], [ram(ə)xɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܡܟܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܡܟܬܐ or ܪܡܟܐ)

1. herd
2. pack, troop, band
3. multitude, crowd

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܡܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܡܟ		1st person	ܪܡܟܝ		ܪܡܟܢ
	construct	ܪܡܟ		2nd person	ܪܡܟܟ	ܪܡܟܟܝ	ܪܡܟܟܘܢ	ܪܡܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܡܟܐ		3rd person	ܪܡܟܗ	ܪܡܟܗ	ܪܡܟܗܘܢ	ܪܡܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܡܟܢ ,ܪܡܟܝܢ		1st person	ܪܡܟܬܝ ,ܪܡܟܝ		ܪܡܟܬܢ ,ܪܡܟܝܢ
	construct	ܪܡܟܬ ,ܪܡܟܝ		2nd person	ܪܡܟܬܟ ,ܪܡܟܝܟ	ܪܡܟܬܟܝ ,ܪܡܟܝܟܝ	ܪܡܟܬܟܘܢ ,ܪܡܟܝܟܘܢ	ܪܡܟܬܟܝܢ ,ܪܡܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܡܟܬܐ ,ܪܡܟܐ		3rd person	ܪܡܟܬܗ ,ܪܡܟܘܗܝ	ܪܡܟܬܗ ,ܪܡܟܝܗ	ܪܡܟܬܗܘܢ ,ܪܡܟܝܗܘܢ	ܪܡܟܬܗܝܢ ,ܪܡܟܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rammɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rammɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܡܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܡܟܐ)

1. herdsman (especially horseherd)

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܡܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܡܟ		1st person	ܪܡܟܝ		ܪܡܟܢ
	construct	ܪܡܟ		2nd person	ܪܡܟܟ	ܪܡܟܟܝ	ܪܡܟܟܘܢ	ܪܡܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܡܟܐ		3rd person	ܪܡܟܗ	ܪܡܟܗ	ܪܡܟܗܘܢ	ܪܡܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܡܟܝܢ		1st person	ܪܡܟܝ		ܪܡܟܝܢ
	construct	ܪܡܟܝ		2nd person	ܪܡܟܝܟ	ܪܡܟܝܟܝ	ܪܡܟܝܟܘܢ	ܪܡܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܡܟܐ		3rd person	ܪܡܟܘܗܝ	ܪܡܟܝܗ	ܪܡܟܝܗܘܢ	ܪܡܟܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rmk”, 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. 348b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 543b
• 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. 1474b