ܐܘܟܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܟܘܡܐ
• ܟܘܡܐ

Etymology

From the root ܐ-ܟ-ܡ (ʾ-k-m) related to blackening. Compare Hebrew אָכֹם (ʾāḵōm) and Aramaic אוכמא.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔukkɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔukkɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܐܘܟܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ)

1. black, dark, sunburnt
2. (figuratively) obscure

Inflection

    declension of ܐܘܟܡܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܘܟܡ	ܐܘܟܡܝܢ
construct	ܐܘܟܡ	ܐܘܟܡܝ
emphatic	ܐܘܟܡܐ	ܐܘܟܡܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܘܟܡܐ	ܐܘܟܡܢ
construct	ܐܘܟܡܬ	ܐܘܟܡܬ
emphatic	ܐܘܟܡܬܐ	ܐܘܟܡܬܐ

Antonyms

• ܚܘܪܐ

Noun

ܐܘܟܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ)

1. black (color)
2. negro, Moor, Nubian, sub-Saharan African, black person
3. (in the plural) black garments worn by Abbasids, judges, or those in mourning
4. (anatomy) pupil

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܘܟܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܘܟܡ	ܐܘܟܡܝܢ
construct	ܐܘܟܡ	ܐܘܟܡܝ
emphatic	ܐܘܟܡܐ	ܐܘܟܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܘܟܡܝ	ܐܘܟܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܘܟܡܟ	ܐܘܟܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܘܟܡܟܝ	ܐܘܟܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܘܟܡܗ	ܐܘܟܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܘܟܡܗ	ܐܘܟܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܘܟܡܢ	ܐܘܟܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܘܟܡܟܘܢ	ܐܘܟܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܘܟܡܟܝܢ	ܐܘܟܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܘܟܡܗܘܢ	ܐܘܟܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܘܟܡܗܝܢ	ܐܘܟܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀkwm”, 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. 9a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 5b
• 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. 15b