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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܕ-ܡ-ܐ (d-m-ʾ) related to resembling. Compare Arabic دُمْيَة (dumya) and Hebrew דְּמוּת (dəmûṯ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܕܡܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܕܡܘܬܐ)
- likeness, reflection, image
- form, figure, shape
- (astronomy) constellation
- copy
- likening, simile
- class, kind, type
- example, archetype
- pattern, plan
- imagination
- enigma
- garment, clothing
Inflection
References
- “dmw”, 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, page 66b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94a
- 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 308a