ܥ ܠ ܡ

ܥ ܠ ܡ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic; compare Hebrew ע־ל־ם‎ (ʿ-l-m), Arabic ع ل م‎ (ʿ l m) and غ ل م‎ (ḡ l m)

Root

ܥ ܠ ܡ‎ • (ʿ l m)

1. forming words pertaining to the world, eternity
2. forming words pertaining to youth
3. forming words pertaining to training, learning

Derived terms

Verbs

• ܥܵܠܹܡ‎ (ʿālēm)
• ܥܲܠܸܡ‎ (ʿallim)
• ܡܲܥܠܸܡ‎ (maʿlim)
• ܬܲܥܠܸܡ‎ (taʿlim)

Nouns

• ܥܵܠܡܵܐ‎ (ʿālmā, “world”)
• ܥܵܠܲܡ‎ (ʿālam, “eternity, forever”)
• ܥܵܠܡܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (ʿālmāyutā, “secularism”)
• ܥܵܠܡܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (ʿālmānāyutā, “worldliness”)
• ܥܵܠܡܝܼܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (ʿālmīnāyutā, “eternality”)
• ܥܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ‎ (ʿulāmā, “eternal life”)
• ܥܠܲܝܡܵܐ‎ (ʿlaymā, “youth, teenager”)
• ܥܠܲܝܡܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (ʿlaymutā, “youth, adolescence”)
• ܥܠܲܝܡܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (ʿlaymutā, “youth, adolescence”)
• ܬܘܼܥܠܵܡܵܐ‎ (tuʿlāmā, “discipline, drill”)
• ܬܲܥܠܲܡܬܵܐ‎ (taʿlamtā, “training”)

Adjectives

• ܥܵܠܡܵܝܵܐ‎ (ʿālmāyā, “secular, this worldly”)
• ܥܵܠܡܵܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (ʿālmānāyā, “worldly”)
• ܥܵܠܡܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (ʿālmīnāyā, “eternal”)
• ܥܠܲܝܡܵܢܵܐ‎ (ʿlaymānā, “youthful”)

Adverbs

• ܠܥܵܠܲܡ‎ (lʿālam, “forever”)

  ܠܥܵܠܲܡ ܥܵܠܡܝܼܢ‎ (lʿālam ʿālmin, “forever”)

  ܡ̣ܢ ܥܵܠܲܡ‎ (min ʿālam, “since forever”)

• ܥܵܠܡܵܐܝܼܬ‎ (ʿālmāʾīt, “secularly”)
• ܥܵܠܡܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ‎ (ʿālmānāʾīt, “wordly”)
• ܥܵܠܡܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬ‎ (ʿālmīnāʾīt, “eternally”)