ܥܡ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕam]

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic مَع (maʿ) and Hebrew עִם (ʿim).

Preposition

ܥܡ • (transliteration needed)

1. with, together with, alongside
2. (after verbs of fighting, etc.) with, against
3. at, on, upon, along
4. (temporally) during
5. notwithstanding, in spite of
6. towards, for

Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes.

    declension of ܥܡ

1st c. sg. (me)	ܥܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (you)	ܥܡܟ
2nd f. sg. (you)	ܥܡܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (him)	ܥܡܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܡܗ
1st c. pl. (us)	ܥܡܢ
2nd m. pl. (you)	ܥܡܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (you)	ܥܡܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (them)	ܥܡܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (them)	ܥܡܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• -ܥܡ ܕ

Etymology 2

Noun

1. absolute singular of ܥܡܐ
2. construct state singular of ܥܡܐ

References

• “ˁm”, 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. 255a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 416a
• 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. 1107b