ܦܘܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic פּוּמָא (pumā), from Proto-Semitic *pay-; compare Arabic فَم (fam), Hebrew פֶּה (pe) and Akkadian 𒅗 (pûm).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [pum.mɑː]

Noun

ܦܘܼܡܵܐ • (pummā) m sg (plural ܦܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (pummē) or ܦܘܼܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ (pūmānē) or ܦܘܼܡܵܡܹ̈ܐ (pūmāmē) or ܦܘܼ̈ܡܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (pūmawwāṯā))

  1. (anatomy) mouth
  2. (animal anatomy) beak
  3. mouthful
  4. entrance, opening, orifice
  5. command, order, decree

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܡܪܲܫܠܘܼܬ݂ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (mrašlūṯ pummā, facial paralysis)
  • ܦܘܼܡܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (pūmāˀīṯ, orally)
  • ܦܘܼܡܵܝܵܐ (pummāyā, oral)
  • ܦܘܼܡܵܢܵܐ (pummānā, glutton)
  • ܦܘܼܡܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (pūmānāˀīṯ, aloud)
  • ܫܘܼܠܗܵܒ݂ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (šulhāḇ pummā, stomatitis)
  • ܫܡܲܝ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (šmay pummā, palate)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pumɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pume] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܡܐ • (pūmā) m (plural ܦܘܡܐ (pūmē))

  1. (anatomy) mouth
  2. (animal anatomy) beak
  3. mouthful
  4. entrance, opening, orifice
  5. command, order, decree
  6. surface, peel
  7. riverbank
  8. blade, edge of a sword

Inflection

References

  • pwm”, 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 271a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 437b
  • 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 1165a-b
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