ܕܡܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic דְּמָא (dəmā), from Proto-Semitic *dam-; compare Arabic دَم (dam), Hebrew דָּם (dām) and Amharic ደም (däm).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [dɪmmaː]
Noun
ܕܸܡܵܐ • (dimmā) m (uncountable)
- blood
Declension
Inflection of ܕܸܡܵܐ (dimmā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܕܸܡܝܼ (dimī) | ܕܸܡܲܢ (dimman) | ||
| construct | ܕܸܡ (dim) | 2nd person | ܕܸܡܘܼܟ݂ (dimuḵ) | ܕܸܡܵܟ݂ܝ (dimmāḵ) | ܕܸܡܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dimmāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܕܸܡܵܐ (dimmā) | 3rd person | ܕܸܡܹܗ (dimmēh) | ܕܸܡܘܿܗ̇ (dimoh) | ܕܸܡܗܘܿܢ (dimhon) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܕܸܡܝܼ̈ (dimī) | ܕܸܡܲܢ̈ (dimman) | ||
| construct | ܕܸܡܲܝ̈ (dimmay) | 2nd person | ܕܸܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (dimuḵ) | ܕܸܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (dimmāḵ) | ܕܸܡܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dimmāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܕܸܡܹ̈ܐ (dimmē) | 3rd person | ܕܸܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (dimuh) | ܕܸܡ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (dimoh) | ܕܸܡܗ̈ܘܿܢ (dimhon) | ||
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *dam-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d(ə)mɑ(ʔ)]
Noun
ܕܡܐ • (dmā) m (plural ܕܡܐ)
- blood
- (figuratively) juice, sap
- (figuratively) life
Inflection
inflection of ܕܡܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܕܡ | ܕܡܝܢ |
| construct | ܕܡ | ܕܡܝ |
| emphatic | ܕܡܐ | ܕܡܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܕܡܝ | ܕܡܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܕܡܟ | ܕܡܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܕܡܟܝ | ܕܡܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܕܡܗ | ܕܡܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܕܡܗ | ܕܡܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܕܡܢ | ܕܡܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܕܡܟܘܢ | ܕܡܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܕܡܟܝܢ | ܕܡܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܕܡܗܘܢ | ܕܡܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܕܡܗܝܢ | ܕܡܝܗܝܢ |
References
- “dm”, 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. 66a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 93b
- 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. 307a-b