ܬܡܗܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܬ-ܡ-ܗ (t-m-h) related to amazement. Compare Hebrew תֵּמַהּ (tēmah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛmhɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tɛmhe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܡܗܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܡܗܐ)

1. amazement, wonder, reverence, prodigy
2. dullness, insensibility, stupor, torpor

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܡܗܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܡܗ		1st person	ܬܡܗܝ		ܬܡܗܢ
	construct	ܬܡܗ		2nd person	ܬܡܗܟ	ܬܡܗܟܝ	ܬܡܗܟܘܢ	ܬܡܗܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܡܗܐ		3rd person	ܬܡܗܗ	ܬܡܗܗ	ܬܡܗܗܘܢ	ܬܡܗܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܡܗܝܢ		1st person	ܬܡܗܝ		ܬܡܗܝܢ
	construct	ܬܡܗܝ		2nd person	ܬܡܗܝܟ	ܬܡܗܝܟܝ	ܬܡܗܝܟܘܢ	ܬܡܗܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܡܗܐ		3rd person	ܬܡܗܘܗܝ	ܬܡܗܝܗ	ܬܡܗܝܗܘܢ	ܬܡܗܝܗܝܢ

References

• “tmh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 615a
• 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. 1651b