ܡܕܡ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • (older form) ܡܢܕܥܡ (mendʿem)

Etymology

From the older form ܡܢܕܥܡ (mendʿem), from Aramaic 𐡌𐡏𐡃𐡍𐡌 (mʿdnm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛd.dɛm] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛd.dɛm], [ˈmɛd(də.)me] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܡ • (meddem) c (plural ܡܕܡܐ or ܡܕܡ)

  1. thing, affair

Pronoun

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ܡܕܡ • (transliteration needed) c sg (plural ܡܕܡ)

  1. something, anything
  2. certain
  3. few, some

References
  • “mndˁm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-20
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 178a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 253b
  • 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. 715a
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