ܐܪܡܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic أَرْمَلَة (ʾarmala(t)) and Hebrew אַלְמָנָה (ʾalmānâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔarmal(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔarm(ə)lɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܪܡܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܪܡܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܪܡܠܐ)

1. widow (humans or animals)
2. sterile ground, barren tree
3. church left without a pastor

Inflection

    declension of ܐܪܡܠܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܪܡܠܐ	ܐܪܡܠܢ
construct	ܐܪܡܠܬ	ܐܪܡܠܬ
emphatic	ܐܪܡܠܬܐ	ܐܪܡܠܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܪܡܠܬܝ	ܐܪܡܠܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܪܡܠܬܟ	ܐܪܡܠܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܪܡܠܬܟܝ	ܐܪܡܠܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܪܡܠܬܗ	ܐܪܡܠܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܪܡܠܬܗ	ܐܪܡܠܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܪܡܠܬܢ	ܐܪܡܠܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܪܡܠܬܟܘܢ	ܐܪܡܠܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܪܡܠܬܟܝܢ	ܐܪܡܠܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܪܡܠܬܗܘܢ	ܐܪܡܠܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܪܡܠܬܗܝܢ	ܐܪܡܠܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀrmlh”, 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. 20a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 29b
• 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. 102b