ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From ܥܠܝܡܐ (ʿəlaymāʾ, youth, adolescent), from the root ܥ-ܠ-ܡ (ʿ-l-m) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lajmuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lajm(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ (ʿəlaymūṯāʾf (plural ܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ)

  1. youth, adolescence
  2. youthfulness, youthful vigor
  3. (collectively) youths

Inflection

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References

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  • ˁlymw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-11-29
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 254a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 415a
  • 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. 1102b