ܬܚܘܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܬ-ܚ-ܡ related to limiting or defining. Compare Akkadian 𒋫𒄷𒈬 (/⁠taḫūmu⁠/, “boundary, frontier”), Arabic تُخْم (tuḵm), and Hebrew תְּחוּם (təḥûm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t(ə)ħumɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [t(ə)ħume(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܚܘܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܚܘܡܐ)

1. border, boundary, frontier, limit
2. (in the plural) territory
3. limitation, extreme
4. regulation, precept, constitution, law
5. penalty
6. definition, term
7. (of time) end, finish

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܚܘܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܚܘܡ		1st person	ܬܚܘܡܝ		ܬܚܘܡܢ
	construct	ܬܚܘܡ		2nd person	ܬܚܘܡܟ	ܬܚܘܡܟܝ	ܬܚܘܡܟܘܢ	ܬܚܘܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܚܘܡܐ		3rd person	ܬܚܘܡܗ	ܬܚܘܡܗ	ܬܚܘܡܗܘܢ	ܬܚܘܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܚܘܡܝܢ		1st person	ܬܚܘܡܝ		ܬܚܘܡܝܢ
	construct	ܬܚܘܡܝ		2nd person	ܬܚܘܡܝܟ	ܬܚܘܡܝܟܝ	ܬܚܘܡܝܟܘܢ	ܬܚܘܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܚܘܡܐ		3rd person	ܬܚܘܡܘܗܝ	ܬܚܘܡܝܗ	ܬܚܘܡܝܗܘܢ	ܬܚܘܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “tḥwm”, 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. 390a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 609b
• 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. 1637a-b