ܪܡܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic רַמְשָׁא (ramšā), from Proto-Semitic *mušy-. Compare Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ) and Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ (émesh).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [rʌmʃaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [rˤʌmʃa]

Noun

ܪܲܡܫܵܐ • (ramšā) m (plural ܪܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܹܐ (ramšāwātē))

  1. evening (the period of time at the end of the day, usually from sunset to bedtime)
  2. evening prayer
  3. (figuratively) old age, life
    Synonyms: ܩܲܫܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܐ (qašīšūtā), ܣܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ (saybūtā)

Inflection

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ramʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ramʃe(ʔ)], [ramʃawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܡܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܡܫܘܬܐ or ܪܡܫܐ)

  1. evening
  2. (figuratively) old age, life

Inflection

References

  • rmš”, 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, p. 348b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 544a
  • 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. 1475a-b
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