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 (kamʔa), Hebrew כְּמֵהָה (kəmēhâ).

Noun

ܟܝܡܐ • (kīmā) m (plural ܟܝܡܐ (kīmē))

  1. truffle
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew כִּימָה (kîmâ).

Proper noun

ܟܝܡܐ • (kīmā) f

  1. (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
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