syame
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]syame
- A diacritical mark used in Aramaic, written as two horizontal dots above a letter, indicating that a noun or adjective is plural, or occasionally that a word ends in /e/ or /ε/. If written above resh in the Syriac script, it replaces the single dot that differentiates it from daleth.
Usage notes
[edit]The word is plural in Aramaic. In English, some writers construe it as plural, others as singular.