From Aramaic עָלְמָא (ʿāləmā), itself possibly from Akkadian 𒂖𒆷𒈬𒌋𒀀 (/ellamu, illamu/, “front, before; both temporally and in location; coming before your time or being currently physically before you now”); compare Hebrew עוֹלָם ('olám), Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam) and Amharic ዓለም (ʿaläm).
ܥܵܠܡܵܐ • (ˁālmā) m sg (plural ܥܵܠܡܹ̈ܐ (ˁālmē))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܥܵܠܡܝܼ (ˁālmī) | ܥܵܠܡܲܢ (ˁālman) | |||
| construct | ܥܵܠܲܡ (ˁālam) | 2nd person | ܥܵܠܡܘܼܟ݂ (ˁālmūḵ) | ܥܵܠܡܵܟ݂ܝ (ˁālmāḵ) | ܥܵܠܡܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁālmāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܥܵܠܡܵܐ (ˁālmā) | 3rd person | ܥܵܠܡܹܗ (ˁālmēh) | ܥܵܠܡܵܗ̇ (ˁālmāh) | ܥܵܠܡܗܘܿܢ (ˁālmhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܥܵܠܡܝܼ̈ (ˁālmī) | ܥܵܠܡܲܢ̈ (ˁālman) | |||
| construct | ܥܵܠܡܲܝ̈ (ˁālmay) | 2nd person | ܥܵܠܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ˁālmūḵ) | ܥܵܠܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ˁālmāḵ) | ܥܵܠܡܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁālmāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܥܵܠܡܹ̈ܐ (ˁālmē) | 3rd person | ܥܵܠܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ˁālmūh) | ܥܵܠܡ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (ˁālmōh) | ܥܵܠܡܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ˁālmhōn) | |||
Compare Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam) and Hebrew עוֹלָם (ʿôlām).
ܥܠܡܐ • (ˁālmā) m (plural ܥܠܡܐ)
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܥܠܡ | 1st person | ܥܠܡܝ | ܥܠܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܠܡ | 2nd person | ܥܠܡܟ | ܥܠܡܟܝ | ܥܠܡܟܘܢ | ܥܠܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܠܡܐ | 3rd person | ܥܠܡܗ | ܥܠܡܗ | ܥܠܡܗܘܢ | ܥܠܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܥܠܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܥܠܡܝ | ܥܠܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܠܡܝ | 2nd person | ܥܠܡܝܟ | ܥܠܡܝܟܝ | ܥܠܡܝܟܘܢ | ܥܠܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܠܡܐ | 3rd person | ܥܠܡܘܗܝ | ܥܠܡܝܗ | ܥܠܡܝܗܘܢ | ܥܠܡܝܗܝܢ | ||