ܐܘܟܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • ܐܟܘܡܐ‎
  • ܟܘܡܐ‎

Etymology

From the root ܐ-ܟ-ܡ‎ (ʾ-k-m) related to blackening. Compare Hebrew אָכֹם‎ (ʾāḵōm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔukkɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔukkɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܐܘܟܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ‎)

  1. black, dark, sunburnt
  2. (figuratively) obscure

Inflection
    declension of ܐܘܟܡܐ
masculine singular plural
absolute ܐܘܟܡ ܐܘܟܡܝܢ
construct ܐܘܟܡ ܐܘܟܡܝ
emphatic ܐܘܟܡܐ ܐܘܟܡܐ
feminine singular plural
absolute ܐܘܟܡܐ ܐܘܟܡܢ
construct ܐܘܟܡܬ ܐܘܟܡܬ
emphatic ܐܘܟܡܬܐ ܐܘܟܡܬܐ

Antonyms

Noun

ܐܘܟܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ‎)

  1. black (color)
  2. negro, Moor, Nubian, sub-Saharan African, black person
  3. (in the plural) black garments worn by Abbasids, judges, or those in mourning
  4. (anatomy) pupil

Inflection
    declension of ܐܘܟܡܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܐܘܟܡ ܐܘܟܡܝܢ
construct ܐܘܟܡ ܐܘܟܡܝ
emphatic ܐܘܟܡܐ ܐܘܟܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܐܘܟܡܝ ܐܘܟܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܐܘܟܡܟ ܐܘܟܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܐܘܟܡܟܝ ܐܘܟܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܐܘܟܡܗ ܐܘܟܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܐܘܟܡܗ ܐܘܟܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܐܘܟܡܢ ܐܘܟܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܐܘܟܡܟܘܢ ܐܘܟܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܐܘܟܡܟܝܢ ܐܘܟܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܐܘܟܡܗܘܢ ܐܘܟܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܐܘܟܡܗܝܢ ܐܘܟܡܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “ˀwkm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 9a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 5b
  • 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. 15b
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