ܐܘܟܡܐ

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

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 neededm (plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ)

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

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

ܐܘܟܡܐ (transliteration neededm (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

References

  • ˀwkm”, 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