ܝܬܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yatam- (“to be fatherless or without a guardian, to be without support of family or tribe, to be disenfranchised or alone”). Cognate with Arabic يَتِيم‎ (yatīm), Aramaic יַתְמָא‎ (yaṯmā), Phoenician 𐤉‬𐤕‬𐤌‬‎ (y‬t‬m‬), Classical Mandaic ࡉࡀࡕࡉࡌࡀ‎ (yatima), Hebrew יָתוֹם‎ (yatóm), Tigre ያፓም (yattam), and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎚𐎎 (ytm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jaθmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
IPA^(key): [jaθme(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܝܬܡܐ • (yaṯmāʾ) m (plural ܝܬܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܬܡܬܐ‎)

orphan, orphaned, fatherless
bereaved
desolate

Inflection

declension of ܝܬܡܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܝܬܡ	ܝܬܡܝܢ
construct	ܝܬܡ	ܝܬܡܝ
emphatic	ܝܬܡܐ	ܝܬܡܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܝܬܡܐ	ܝܬܡܢ
construct	ܝܬܡܬ	ܝܬܡܬ
emphatic	ܝܬܡܬܐ	ܝܬܡܬܐ

Noun

ܝܬܡܐ • (yaṯmāʾ) m (plural ܝܬܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܬܡܬܐ‎)

orphan

Inflection

inflection of ܝܬܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܝܬܡ‎	ܝܬܡܝܢ‎
construct	ܝܬܡ‎	ܝܬܡܝ‎
emphatic	ܝܬܡܐ	ܝܬܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܝܬܡܝ‎	ܝܬܡܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܝܬܡܟ‎	ܝܬܡܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܝܬܡܟܝ‎	ܝܬܡܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܝܬܡܗ‎	ܝܬܡܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܝܬܡܗ‎	ܝܬܡܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܝܬܡܢ‎	ܝܬܡܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܝܬܡܟܘܢ‎	ܝܬܡܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܝܬܡܟܝܢ‎	ܝܬܡܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܝܬܡܗܘܢ‎	ܝܬܡܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܝܬܡܗܝܢ‎	ܝܬܡܝܗܝܢ‎

References

“ytm”, 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. 147a
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 200a
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. 589b