syame

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Classical Syriac ܣܝܡܐ.

Noun[edit]

syame

  1. A diacritical mark used in Aramaic, written as two horizontal dots above a letter, indicating that a noun or adjective is plural, or occasionally that a word ends in /e/ or /ε/. If written above resh in the Syriac script, it replaces the single dot that differentiates it from daleth.

Usage notes[edit]

The word is plural in Aramaic. In English, some writers construe it as plural, others as singular.

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