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Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Possibly metathesized from *ܣܦܡܐ (*sap̄mā); compare Hebrew שָׂפָם (śāp̄ām).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܦܣܡܐ • (pasmā) m (plural ܦܣܡܐ (pasmē))
- moustache/mustache
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܦܣܡܐ • (p̄āsmā) m (plural ܦܣܡܛܐ (p̄āsmāṭā))
- omen, portent
- false image
- imagination
References
- “psmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-20
- “psmˀ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-20
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 280b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 452a
- 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 1211a