ܫܘܡܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܘ-ܡ (š-w-m) related to being wounded. Compare Arabic شَامة (šāma) and Hebrew שׁוּמָה (šûmâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃumtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃumɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܡܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܘܡܬܐ)

1. wound, bruise, swelling
2. sore, ulcer
3. spot (from scurvy or plague)
4. scab, scar
5. (in the plural) stubble, whiskers
6. (in the plural, Christianity) Eucharist crumbs

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܡܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܘܡܐ		1st person	ܫܘܡܬܝ		ܫܘܡܬܢ
	construct	ܫܘܡܬ		2nd person	ܫܘܡܬܟ	ܫܘܡܬܟܝ	ܫܘܡܬܟܘܢ	ܫܘܡܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܡܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܡܬܗ	ܫܘܡܬܗ	ܫܘܡܬܗܘܢ	ܫܘܡܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܘܡܢ		1st person	ܫܘܡܬܢ		ܫܘܡܬܢ
	construct	ܫܘܡܬ		2nd person	ܫܘܡܬܟ	ܫܘܡܬܟܝ	ܫܘܡܬܟܘܢ	ܫܘܡܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܡܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܡܬܗ	ܫܘܡܬܗ	ܫܘܡܬܗܘܢ	ܫܘܡܬܗܝܢ

References

• “šwmh”, 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, pp. 362b-363a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 566b
• 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