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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܬ-ܚ-ܡ (t-ḥ-m) related to limiting or defining. Compare Akkadian 𒋫𒄷𒈬 (/taḫūmu/, “boundary, frontier”), Arabic تُخْم (tuḵm), and Hebrew תְּחוּם (təḥûm).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܬܚܘܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܚܘܡܐ)
- border, boundary, frontier, limit
- (in the plural) territory
- limitation, extreme
- regulation, precept, constitution, law
- penalty
- definition, term
- (of time) end, finish
Inflection
References
- “tḥwm”, 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. 390a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 609b
- 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. 1637a-b