ܠܘܡܐ

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed with consonant dissimilation from Ancient Greek νόμος, νοῦμμος (nómos, noûmmos), also the source of Latin nummus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܠܘܡܐ • (lūmā) m (plural ܠܘܡܐܣ (lūmās) or ܠܘܡܐ (lūmē))

  1. small coin; penny, farthing, quadrans

Descendants

  • → Old Armenian: լումայ (lumay)
    • Armenian: լումա (luma)
    • → Old Georgian: ლომაჲ (lomay)

References

  • “lwm2”, 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 170a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 238a
  • 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 679b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լումայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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