ܥܕܡܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, equivalent to a compound of ܥܲܕ݂ (ˁaḏ, “until”) +‎ ܡܵܐ (mā, “what”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ • (ˁḏammā)

  1. until
    ܠܵܐ ܙܹܠ݇، ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕܐܵܡܪܹܢ ܠܘܼܟ݂. ― lā zē, ˁḏammā d-āmrēn lūḵ. ― Don’t go until I tell you
    ܒܲܛܵܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ، ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕܩܸܡ ܐܵܓ݂ܪܝܼ ܠܝܼ. ― baṭṭālā ìwen wā, ˁḏammā d-qim āḡrī lī. ― I was unemployed, until they hired me.
  2. by the time, when
    ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܝܢ ܩܲܫܝܼܫܵܐ ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕܡܵܛܹܝܬ. ― bit hāwēn qašīšā ˁḏammā d-māṭēt. ― I’ll be old by the time you arrive!
    ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕܡܡܘܼܠܸܠ ܠܲܢ ܠܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ، ܥܲܕܠܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠܵܐ. ― ˁḏammā d-mmūlil lan liḥḏāḏē, ˁadlā ìwā zīlā. ― By the time we spoke, he had already gone.
  3. by, no later than
    ܒܸܬ ܕܵܥܪܹܢ ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܠܨܲܦܪܵܐ. ― bit dāˁrēn ˁḏammā l-ṣaprā. ― I will be back by morning.
  4. (formal) in order to, so that: used to indicate purpose
    Synonym: ܩܵܐ ܕ- (qā d-)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

A compound of ܥܕ (ʿaḏ, “until”) +‎ ܡܐ (mā, “what”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

ܥܕܡܐ • (ʿəḏammā)

  1. (usually followed by ܕ-) until, to, up to, as far as
  2. (with ܠ- or ܠܘܬ) until the end of, for, as long as

Conjunction

ܥܕܡܐ • (ʿəḏammā)

  1. so that
  2. (with ܕ-) until

Derived terms

References

  • “ˁdmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-04
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 245a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 401a
  • 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 1072b
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