ܩܡܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܩ ܡ ܚ (q m ḥ)
2 terms

Inherited from Aramaic קַמְחָא (qamḥā); compare Arabic قَمْح (qamḥ, “wheat”) and Hebrew קֶמַח (kémakh, “flour”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qamxɑː]
• (Baz) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃˤamxɑː]

Noun

ܩܲܡܚܵܐ • (qamḥā) m

1. flour (powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry)

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܲܡܚܵܐ

number	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܡܲܚ (qmaḥ)		1st person	ܩܲܡܚܝܼ (qamḥī)		ܩܲܡܚܲܢ (qamḥan)
	construct	ܩܡܲܚ (qmaḥ)		2nd person	ܩܲܡܚܘܼܟ݂ (qamḥōḵ)	ܩܲܡܚܵܟ݂ܝ (qamḥāḵ)	ܩܲܡܚܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qamḥawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܩܲܡܚܵܐ (qamḥā)		3rd person	ܩܲܡܚܹܗ (qamḥēh)	ܩܲܡܚܵܗ̇ (qamḥāh)	ܩܲܡܚܗܘܿܢ (qamḥhōn)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܘܡܚܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic قَمْح (qamḥ) and Hebrew קֶמַח (qémaḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qamħɑ]

Noun

ܩܡܚܐ • (qamḥɑ) m(uncountable)

1. flour, meal

   Synonym: ܓܪܣܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܡܚܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܡܚ		1st person	ܩܡܚܝ		ܩܡܚܢ
	construct	ܩܡܚ		2nd person	ܩܡܚܟ	ܩܡܚܟܝ	ܩܡܚܟܘܢ	ܩܡܚܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܡܚܐ		3rd person	ܩܡܚܗ	ܩܡܚܗ	ܩܡܚܗܘܢ	ܩܡܚܗܝܢ

References

• “qmḥ”, 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, page 521b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 508b
• 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, →ISBN, page 1377a