ܦܘܡܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic פּוּמָא (pumā), from Proto-Semitic *pay-; compare Arabic فَم (fam), Hebrew פֶּה (pe) and Akkadian 𒅗 (pûm).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (pummām sg (plural ܦܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (pummē) or ܦܘܼܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ (pūmānē) or ܦܘܼܡܵܡܹ̈ܐ (pūmāmē) or ܦܘܼ̈ܡܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (pūmawwāṯā))

  1. (anatomy) mouth
  2. (animal anatomy) beak
  3. mouthful
  4. entrance, opening, orifice
  5. command, order, decree

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܘܼܡܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܦܘܼܡܝܼ (pummī) ܦܘܼܡܲܢ (pumman)
construct ܦܘܼܡ (pum) 2nd person ܦܘܼܡܘܼܟ݂ (pummūḵ) ܦܘܼܡܵܟ݂ܝ (pummāḵ) ܦܘܼܡܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (pummāwḵōn)
emphatic ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (pummā) 3rd person ܦܘܼܡܹܗ (pummēh) ܦܘܼܡܵܗ̇ (pummāh) ܦܘܼܡܗܘܿܢ (pummhōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܦܘܼܡܝܼ̈ (pummī) ܦܘܼܡܲܢ̈ (pumman)
construct ܦܘܼܡܲܝ̈ (pummay) 2nd person ܦܘܼܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (pummūḵ) ܦܘܼܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (pummāḵ) ܦܘܼܡܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (pummāwḵōn)
emphatic ܦܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (pummē) 3rd person ܦܘܼܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (pummūh) ܦܘܼܡ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (pummōh) ܦܘܼܡܗ̈ܘܿܢ (pummhōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܦܘܡܐ (pūmām (plural ܦܘܡܐ (pūmē))

  1. (anatomy) mouth
  2. (animal anatomy) beak
  3. mouthful
  4. entrance, opening, orifice
  5. command, order, decree
  6. surface, peel
  7. riverbank
  8. blade, edge of a sword

Inflection

References

  • pwm”, 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 271a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 437b
  • 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 1165a-b