ܠܚܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܠ-ܚ-ܡ (l-ḥ-m) related to eating. Compare Arabic لَحْم (laḥm) and Hebrew לֶחֶם (léḥem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laħmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [laħme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܚܡܐ • (laḥmā) m (plural ܠܚܡܐ)

1. bread
2. loaf, cake (of bread)
3. meal
4. food, victuals

Inflection

    inflection of ܠܚܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܚܡ	ܠܚܡܝܢ
construct	ܠܚܡ	ܠܚܡܝ
emphatic	ܠܚܡܐ	ܠܚܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܠܚܡܝ	ܠܚܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܠܚܡܟ	ܠܚܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܠܚܡܟܝ	ܠܚܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܠܚܡܗ	ܠܚܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܠܚܡܗ	ܠܚܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܠܚܡܢ	ܠܚܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܠܚܡܟܘܢ	ܠܚܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܠܚܡܟܝܢ	ܠܚܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܠܚܡܗܘܢ	ܠܚܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܠܚܡܗܝܢ	ܠܚܡܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܠ-ܚ-ܡ (l-ḥ-m) related to threatening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l(ə)ħɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [l(ə)ħɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܚܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܚܡܐ)

1. torment

Inflection

    inflection of ܠܚܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܚܡ	ܠܚܡܝܢ
construct	ܠܚܡ	ܠܚܡܝ
emphatic	ܠܚܡܐ	ܠܚܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܠܚܡܝ	ܠܚܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܠܚܡܟ	ܠܚܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܠܚܡܟܝ	ܠܚܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܠܚܡܗ	ܠܚܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܠܚܡܗ	ܠܚܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܠܚܡܢ	ܠܚܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܠܚܡܟܘܢ	ܠܚܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܠܚܡܟܝܢ	ܠܚܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܠܚܡܗܘܢ	ܠܚܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܠܚܡܗܝܢ	ܠܚܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “lḥm”, 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. 171b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 240b
• 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, pp. 685b-686a

Anagrams

• ܚܠܡܐ
• ܡܠܚܐ