ܠܚܡܐ

Inherited from Aramaic לַחְמָא (laḥmā), from Proto-Semitic *laḥm-; compare Hebrew לֶחֶם (lékhem, “bread”) and Arabic لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”).

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ܠܲܚܡܵܐ • (laḥmā) m sg (plural ܠܲܚܡܹ̈ܐ (laḥmē))

1. (uncountable) bread (baked dough made from cereals)

   ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܲܢ ܟܸܪ̈ܡܘܼܟ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܕܗܵܘ ܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܕܙܒ݂ܝܼܢ ܠܲܢ ܡܸܢ ܡܹܐܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ.

   ˁḇīḏ lan kirmūḵāṯā min dhāw laḥmā d-zḇīn lan min mēpīṯā.

   We made sandwiches with the bread we bought from the bakery.

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., John 6:58–This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.:

     ܗܵܢܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܕܨܠܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܢ ܫ̈ܡܲܝܵܐ، ܠܵܐ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܗܵܘ ܕܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܡܝܼܬ݂ ܠܗܘܿܢ. ܡܲܢ ܕܐܵܟ݂ܹܠ ܡܸܢ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܚܵܝܹܐ ܠܥܵܠܲܡ.

     hānā ìlēh laḥmā d-ṣlē lēh min šmayyā, lā ayḵ hāw d-ḵīl lhōn aḇāhāṯawḵōn īnā mīṯ lhōn. man d-āḵēl min hānā laḥmā bit ḥāyē l-ˁālam.

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2. (countable) loaf of bread
   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 14:19:

     ܘܦܩܝܼܕ݂ ܠܹܗ ܠܟܸܢܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܵܬ݂ܒ݂ܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܥܲܠ ܓܸܠܵܐ. ܘܫܩܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܗܵܢܘܿܢ ܚܲܡܫܵܐ ܠܲܚܡܹ̈ܐ ܘܬܪܹܝܢ ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ، ܘܚܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ ܠܫ̈ܡܲܝܵܐ، ܡܒܘܼܪܸܟ݂ ܠܹܗ، ܘܩܨܹܐ ܠܹܗ، ܘܝܘܼܗ݇ܒ݂ܹܠ ܠܹܗ ܠܬܲܠܡܝܼܕ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ، ܘܬܲܠܡܝܼ̈ܕ݂ܹܐ ܝܘܼܗ݇ܒ݂ܹܠ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܟܸܢܫܹ̈ܐ.

     w-pqīḏ lēh l-kinšē dyāṯḇī wā ˁal gillā. w-šqīl lēh hānōn ḥamšā laḥmē w-trēn nūnē, w-ḥīr lēh l-šmayyā, mbūriḵ lēh, w-qṣē lēh, w-yūḇēl lēh ltalmīḏūh, w-talmīḏē yūḇēl lhōn l-kinšē.

     And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

3. (archaic, dated) food, victuals

• “ܠܲܚܡܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 January 6 (last accessed)

From the root ܠ ܚ ܡ related to eating. Compare Arabic لَحْم (laḥm) and Hebrew לֶחֶם (léḥem).

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܠܚܡܐ • (laḥmā) m (plural ܠܚܡܐ)

1. bread
2. loaf, cake (of bread)
3. meal
4. food, victuals

From the root ܠ ܚ ܡ related to threatening.

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܠܚܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܚܡܐ)

1. torment

• “lḥm”, 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 171b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 240b
• 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, →ISBN, pages 685b–686a

• ܚܠܡܐ
• ܡܠܚܐ

from Aramaic לחמא (laḥmā)

• IPA^(key): /laħmo/

ܠܰܚܡܳܐ • (laḥmo) m (plural ܠܰܚܡܶܐ (laḥme))

1. bread

from Aramaic לחמא (laḥmā)

• IPA^(key): /leħma/

ܠܶܚܡܰܐ (transliteration needed) m

1. bread