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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܥ-ܘ-ܡ (ʿ-w-m) related to obscuring. Compare Arabic غَيْم (ḡaym), Ge'ez ጊሜ (gime). The sense of "aër" is a calque of Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܥܝܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܝܡܐ)
- cloud, mist, fog
- (figuratively) aër, ritual veil
Inflection
References
- “ˁym”, 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, p. 251a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 411b
- 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, p. 1096b