ܕܡܘܬܐ

See also: ܪܡܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܡ-ܐ (d-m-ʾ) related to resembling. Compare Arabic دُمْيَة (dumya) and Hebrew דְּמוּת (dəmûṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d(ə)muθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dɛmwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܕܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܕܡܘܬܐ)

  1. likeness, reflection, image
  2. form, figure, shape
  3. (astronomy) constellation
  4. copy
  5. likening, simile
  6. class, kind, type
  7. example, archetype
  8. pattern, plan
  9. imagination
  10. enigma
  11. garment, clothing

Inflection

References

  • dmw”, 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, page 66b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94a
  • 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 308a
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.