ܬܐܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam) and Hebrew תְּאוֹם (təʾôm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t(əʔ)ɑmɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [t(əʔ)ɑme] (plural)

Adjective

ܬܐܡܐ • (təʾāmā) m (plural ܬܐܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܐܡܬܐ)

1. twin, double, geminate

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܐܡܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܬܐܡ	ܬܐܡܐ	ܬܐܡܝܢ	ܬܐܡܢ
construct	ܬܐܡ	ܬܐܡܬ	ܬܐܡܝ	ܬܐܡܬ
emphatic	ܬܐܡܐ	ܬܐܡܬܐ	ܬܐܡܐ	ܬܐܡܬܐ

Noun

ܬܐܡܐ • (təʾāmā) m (plural ܬܐܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܐܡܬܐ)

1. twin, double

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܐܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܐܡ		1st person	ܬܐܡܝ		ܬܐܡܢ
	construct	ܬܐܡ		2nd person	ܬܐܡܟ	ܬܐܡܟܝ	ܬܐܡܟܘܢ	ܬܐܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܐܡܐ		3rd person	ܬܐܡܗ	ܬܐܡܗ	ܬܐܡܗܘܢ	ܬܐܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܐܡܝܢ		1st person	ܬܐܡܝ		ܬܐܡܝܢ
	construct	ܬܐܡܝ		2nd person	ܬܐܡܝܟ	ܬܐܡܝܟܝ	ܬܐܡܝܟܘܢ	ܬܐܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܐܡܐ		3rd person	ܬܐܡܘܗܝ	ܬܐܡܝܗ	ܬܐܡܝܗܘܢ	ܬܐܡܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܬܐܡܐ • (təʾāmā) m

1. (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Gemini (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

• “tˀm”, 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. 386b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 603a
• 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, pp. 1618b-1619a