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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ܕܲܠܡܵܐ • (dalmā)
- (formal, literary) lest; for the fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.
ܕܲܠܡܵܐ ܢܵܟ݂ܹܦ ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ ܒܠܸܫܵܢܹܗ.- dalmā nāḵēp āšōrāyā b-liššānēh.
- Lest an Assyrian be ashamed of his language.
ܕܲܠܡܵܐ ܢܵܫܲܚ ܣܵܗܕܲܢ̈ ܢܦܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ.- dalmā nāšaḥ sāhdan npīlē.
- Lest we forget our fallen martyrs.
- Psalms 13:4:
ܕܲܠܡܵܐ ܐܵܡܹܪ ܒܥܸܠܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܼ: «ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܙܵܟ݂ܘܿܝܵܐ ܥܲܠܘܼܗܝ،» ܘܡܲܠܝܸܨܵܢܝܼ̈ ܦܵܨܚܝܼ ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܫܵܥܫܹܢ.- dalmā āmēr bˁildḇāḇī: “wē lī zāḵōyā ˁalūh,” w-malyiṣṣānī pāṣḥī īman d-šāˁšēn.
- Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
- Luke 22:46:
ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹܗ ܐܸܠܵܝܗܝ: ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܕܡܝܼܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܝܬܘܿܢ؟ «ܩܘܼܡܘܿܢ ܘܨܲܠܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܕܲܠܡܵܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܪܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܠܢܸܣܝܘܿܢܵܐ».- w-mīrēh illāyh: qāmōdī dmīḵē ìtōn? “qūmōn w-ṣallēmūn dalmā ˁāḇrītōn lnisyōnā”.
- Then He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation”.
Usage notes
- This is usually followed by a verb in the subjunctive mood in either the present or future tense.
- This word is formal or archaic. In everyday or colloquial speech, this could be similarly expressed by ܕܠܵܐ (d-lā) or ܠܵܐ ܗܵܘܝܵܐ ܕ- (lā hāwyā d-).
- ܠܵܐ ܗܵܘܝܵܐ ܕܛܵܠܹܩ ܠܹܗ ܫܘܼܠܘܼܗܝ. ― lā hāwyā d-ṭālēq lēh šūlūh. ― Lest he loses his job.