ܥ ܠ ܡ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic; compare Hebrew ע־ל־ם (ʿ-l-m), Arabic ع ل م (ʕ l m) and غ ل م (ḡ l m)

Root

ܥ ܠ ܡ • (ˁ l m)

1. forming words pertaining to the world, eternity
2. forming words pertaining to youth
3. forming words pertaining to training, learning

Derived terms

Verbs

• ܥܵܠܹܡ (ˁālēm)
• ܥܲܠܸܡ (ˁallim)
• ܡܲܥܠܸܡ (maˁlim)
• ܬܲܥܠܸܡ (taˁlim)

Nouns

• ܥܵܠܡܵܐ (ˁālmā, “world”)
• ܥܵܠܲܡ (ˁālam, “eternity, forever”)
• ܥܵܠܡܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (ˁālmāyūtā, “secularism”)
• ܥܵܠܡܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (ˁālmānāyūtā, “worldliness”)
• ܥܵܠܡܝܼܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (ˁālmīnāyūtā, “eternality”)
• ܥܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ (ˁullāmā, “eternal life”)
• ܥܠܲܝܡܵܐ (ˁlaymā, “youth, teenager”)
• ܥܠܲܝܡܘܼܬܵܐ (ˁlaymūtā, “youth, adolescence”)
• ܬܘܼܥܠܵܡܵܐ (tuˁlāmā, “discipline, drill”)
• ܬܲܥܠܲܡܬܵܐ (taˁlamtā, “training”)

Adjectives

• ܥܵܠܡܵܝܵܐ (ˁālmāyā, “secular, this worldly”)
• ܥܵܠܡܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ˁālmānāyā, “worldly, global”)
• ܥܵܠܡܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (ˁālmīnāyā, “eternal”)
• ܥܠܲܝܡܵܢܵܐ (ˁlaymānā, “youthful”)

Adverbs

• ܠܥܵܠܲܡ (lˁālam, “forever”)

  ܠܥܵܠܲܡ ܥܵܠܡܝܼܢ (lˁālam ˁālmīn, “forever and ever”)

  ܗܲܠ ܥܵܠܲܡ (hal ˁālam, “forever, never”)

  ܡ̣ܢ ܥܵܠܲܡ (min ˁālam, “since forever, never”)

• ܥܵܠܡܵܐܝܼܬ (ˁālmāˀīt, “secularly”)
• ܥܵܠܡܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ (ˁālmānāˀīt, “wordly”)
• ܥܵܠܡܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬ (ˁālmīnāˀīt, “eternally”)