ܫܘܡܪܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʃummɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃummɑre] (plural)

Etymology 1[edit]

Considered a loan from Akkadian 𒌑𒄩 (šimru, simru, fennel), compare Arabic شَمَر (šamar) and Hebrew שֻׁמָּר (šummār).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܫܘܡܪܐ (šummārām (plural ܫܘܡܪܐ (šummārē))

  1. anise; fennel
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From the root ܫ-ܡ-ܪ (š-m-r) related to dismissing.

Noun[edit]

ܫܘܡܪܐ (šummārām (plural ܫܘܡܪܐ (šummārē))

  1. dismissal, discharge
  2. emptying, pouring out
  3. (archery) loosing
  4. (ecclesiastical) reservation, inhibition
Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • šwmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • šwmr2”, 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 373b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 566a–b, 585b
  • 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, pages 1530a, 1575b-1576a