ܬܡܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Cognate to Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t(ə)mar(ə)θɑ]

Noun

ܬܡܪܬܐ • (tmarṯā) f (plural ܬܡܪܐ (tamrē))

1. date palm, date

Inflection

    declension of ܬܡܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܡܪܐ	ܬܡܪܝܢ
construct	ܬܡܪܬ	ܬܡܪܝ
emphatic	ܬܡܪܬܐ	ܬܡܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܡܪܬܝ	ܬܡܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܡܪܬܟ	ܬܡܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܡܪܬܟܝ	ܬܡܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܡܪܬܗ	ܬܡܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܡܪܬܗ	ܬܡܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܡܪܬܢ	ܬܡܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܡܪܬܟܘܢ	ܬܡܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܡܪܬܟܝܢ	ܬܡܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܡܪܬܗܘܢ	ܬܡܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܡܪܬܗܝܢ	ܬܡܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: تَمَر (tamar)
  • → Amharic: ተምር (tämər)
  • → Argobba: ትምር (təmər)
  • → Ge'ez: ተምር (tämr)
  • → Gurage: ተምሪ (tämər)
  • → Malay: tamar
  • → Mehri: تومر (tōmər)
  • → Portuguese: tâmara
  • → Somali: timir
  • → Soqotri: timreh
  • → Tigre: ተመር (tämär)
  • → Tigrinya: ተምሪ (tämri)
• → Hebrew: תמר

References

• “twmrh”, 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 394a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 615b
• 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 1653b