ܬܡܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Cognate to Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t(ə)mar(ə)θɑ]

Noun

ܬܡܪܬܐ • (tmarṯā) f (plural ܬܡܪܐ (tamrē))

1. date palm, date

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܡܪܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܡܪܐ		1st person	ܬܡܪܬܝ		ܬܡܪܬܢ
	construct	ܬܡܪܬ		2nd person	ܬܡܪܬܟ	ܬܡܪܬܟܝ	ܬܡܪܬܟܝܢ	ܬܡܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܡܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܬܡܪܬܗ	ܬܡܪܬܗ	ܬܡܪܬܗܘܢ	ܬܡܪܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܡܪܝܢ		1st person	ܬܡܪܝ		ܬܡܪܝܢ
	construct	ܬܡܪܝ		2nd person	ܬܡܪܝܟ	ܬܡܪܝܟܝ	ܬܡܪܝܟܘܢ	ܬܡܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܡܪܐ		3rd person	ܬܡܪܘܗܝ	ܬܡܪܝܗ	ܬܡܪܝܗܘܢ	ܬܡܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: تَمَر (tamar)
  • → Amharic: ተምር (tämər)
  • → Argobba: ትምር (təmər)
  • → Ge'ez: ተምር (tämr)
  • → Gurage: ተምሪ (tämər)
  • → Malay: tamar
  • → Mehri: تومر (tōmər)
  • → Portuguese: tâmara
  • → Somali: timir
  • → Soqotri: timreh
  • → Tigre: ተመር (tämär)
  • → Tigrinya: ተምሪ (tämri)
• → Hebrew: תמר

References

• “twmrh”, 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, page 394a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 615b
• 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, page 1653b