ܣܝܩܘܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܣ ܩ ܡ (s q m)
2 terms
Root
ܩ ܘ ܡ (q w m)
10 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܣܝܩܘܡܐ (sēqōmā, measure, amount, reckoning) with the meaning changed, from Ancient Greek σήκωμα (sḗkōma); also borrowed into Arabic سَقُوم (saqūm).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [se̝ˈqoːmɑː]

Noun

ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ • (sēqōmā) m sg (plural ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (sēqōmē))

  1. calendar date (that which specifies the time of writing, inscription etc.)
    ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ؟mā ìlēh sēqōmā idyōm?What is the date today?
    ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡ ܡܵܘܠܵܕܘܼܟ݂؟mā ìlēh sēqōm māwlādūḵ?What is your date of birth?
  2. (obsolete) reckoning, calculation, process of computation

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܣܲܩܸܡ (saqqim, to date)
  • ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡ ܡܵܘܠܵܕܵܐ (sēqōm māwlādā, date of birth)
  • ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡ ܡܛܵܝܬܵܐ (sēqōm mṭāytā, date of arrival)
  • ܣܘܼܩܵܡܵܐ (suqqāmā)

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σήκωμα (sḗkōma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [se̝ˈqo.mɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [se̝ˈqo.me] (plural)

Noun

ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ • (sēqōmā) m (plural ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܹܐ (sēqōmē))

  1. measure, thing whereby one metes
  2. measured thing
  3. amount, computation, what has been computed
  4. reckoning, calculation, process of computation
  5. period, era
  6. agreement, contract, convention
  7. colophon

Inflection

Descendants

  • Arabic: سَقُوم (saqūm)

References

  • syqwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-06-22
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 235b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 376a
  • 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, pages 1006b-1007a
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