ܫܘܡܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܫ-ܡ-ܢ
2 terms

Compare Arabic سَمْن (samn) and Hebrew שֶׁמֶן (šémen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃumnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃumne(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܫܘܡܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܡܢܐ)

1. fat, fatness, plumpness, bulk
2. best part
3. fertility

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܡܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܘܡܢ		1st person	ܫܘܡܢܝ		ܫܘܡܢܢ
	construct	ܫܘܡܢ		2nd person	ܫܘܡܢܟ	ܫܘܡܢܟܝ	ܫܘܡܢܟܘܢ	ܫܘܡܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܡܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܡܢܗ	ܫܘܡܢܗ	ܫܘܡܢܗܘܢ	ܫܘܡܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܘܡܢܝܢ		1st person	ܫܘܡܢܝ		ܫܘܡܢܝܢ
	construct	ܫܘܡܢܝ		2nd person	ܫܘܡܢܝܟ	ܫܘܡܢܝܟܝ	ܫܘܡܢܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܡܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܡܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܡܢܘܗܝ	ܫܘܡܢܝܗ	ܫܘܡܢܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܡܢܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (fat): ܡܘܚܐ

References

• “šwmn”, 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. 372b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 566a
• 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. 1530a