From the previous form *ܢܲܡܛܵܐ (*namṭā), from Aramaic נַמְטָא (namṭā), from Middle Persian (nmt' /namad/, “felt, fibers”), from Proto-Iranian *namatā- (“cloth made of hairs”); also borrowed into Arabic نَمَط (namaṭ, “drugget”).
ܠܲܡܛܵܐ • (lamṭā) m sg (plural ܠܲܛܡܹ̈ܐ (laṭmē))
isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | |||||||
singular | absolute | ܠܡܲܛ (lmaṭ) | 1st person | ܠܲܡܛܝܼ (lamṭī) | ܠܲܡܛܲܢ (lamṭan) | |||
construct | ܠܡܲܛ (lmaṭ) | 2nd person | ܠܲܡܛܘܼܟ݂ (lamṭōḵ) | ܠܲܡܛܵܟ݂ܝ (lamṭāḵ) | ܠܲܡܛܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lamṭawḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܠܲܡܛܵܐ (lamṭā) | 3rd person | ܠܲܡܛܹܗ (lamṭēh) | ܠܲܡܛܵܗ̇ (lamṭāh) | ܠܲܡܛܗܘܿܢ (lamṭhōn) | |||
plural | absolute | ܠܲܡܛܝܼ̈ܢ (lamṭīn) | 1st person | ܠܲܡܛܝܼ̈ (lamṭī) | ܠܲܡܛܲܢ̈ (lamṭan) | |||
construct | ܠܲܡܛܲܝ̈ (lamṭay) | 2nd person | ܠܲܡܛܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (lamṭōḵ) | ܠܲܡܛܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (lamṭāḵ) | ܠܲܡܛܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lamṭawḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܠܲܡܛܹ̈ܐ (lamṭē) | 3rd person | ܠܲܡܛܘܼ̈ܗܝ (lamṭūh) | ܠܲܡܛܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (lamṭōh) | ܠܲܡܛܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (lamṭayhōn) |