ܡܐܡܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܐ-ܡ-ܪ (ʾ-m-r) related to saying. Compare Hebrew מַאֲמָר (maʾămār).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [me(ʔ)mrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [me(ʔ)mre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܡܐܡܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܐܡܪܐ)

  1. speech, oration, diction
  2. discourse, tractate, treatise, chapter
  3. homily, sermon
  4. proposition
  5. (grammar) sentence, predicate, verb
  6. remark

Inflection

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References

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  • mˀmr”, 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. 12a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 247a
  • 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. 701b-702a