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Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the root ܐ-ܟ-ܡ (ʾ-k-m) related to blackening. Compare Hebrew אָכֹם (ʾāḵōm) and Aramaic אוכמא.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ܐܘܟܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ)
- black, dark, sunburnt
- (figuratively) obscure
Inflection
Antonyms
Noun
ܐܘܟܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ)
- black (color)
- negro, Moor, Nubian, sub-Saharan African, black person
- (in the plural) black garments worn by Abbasids, judges, or those in mourning
- (anatomy) pupil
Inflection
References
- “ˀkwm”, 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. 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