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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܕ-ܡ-ܐ (d-m-ʾ); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood; by extension blood price, compensation for wrongful slaying”). Compare Akkadian 𒁕𒈬 (/damu/, “blood price, monetary compensation”, literally “blood”) and Hebrew דָּמִים (dāmīm).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܕܡܝܐ • (dǝmayyā) m (plural only; not used in singular form)
- price, hire, value
- ransom
Inflection
References
- “dmyn”, 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 66b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94a
- 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, page 309a-b