ܟܝܡܐ
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈki.mɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈki.mɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈki.mo]
Etymology 1
From Akkadian 𒌑𒅗𒀪𒈠𒌓 (/kamʾtu/). Compare Arabic كَمْأَة (kamʾa), Hebrew כְּמֵהָה (kəmēhâ).
Noun
ܟܝܡܐ • (kīmā) m (plural ܟܝܡܐ (kīmē))
- truffle
Inflection
inflection of ܟܝܡܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܟܝܡ | ܟܝܡܝܢ |
| construct | ܟܝܡ | ܟܝܡܝ |
| emphatic | ܟܝܡܐ | ܟܝܡܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܟܝܡܝ | ܟܝܡܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܟܝܡܟ | ܟܝܡܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܟܝܡܟܝ | ܟܝܡܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܟܝܡܗ | ܟܝܡܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܟܝܡܗ | ܟܝܡܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܟܝܡܢ | ܟܝܡܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܟܝܡܟܘܢ | ܟܝܡܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܟܝܡܟܝܢ | ܟܝܡܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܟܝܡܗܘܢ | ܟܝܡܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܟܝܡܗܝܢ | ܟܝܡܝܗܝܢ |
Etymology 2
Compare Hebrew כִּימָה (kîmâ).
Proper noun
ܟܝܡܐ • (kīmā) f
- (astronomy) Pleiades
References
- “kymˀ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2020-01-20
- “kymˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-13
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 410a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 213a
- 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 619a