ܩܡܚܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܩ ܡ ܚ (q m ḥ) |
| 1 term |
Inherited from Aramaic קַמְחָא (qamḥā); compare Arabic قَمْح (qamḥ, “wheat”) and Hebrew קֶמַח (kémakh, “flour”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܩܲܡܚܵܐ • (qamḥā) m
- flour (powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry)
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܡܲܚ (qmaḥ) | 1st person | ܩܲܡܚܝܼ (qamḥī) | ܩܲܡܚܲܢ (qamḥan) | |||
| construct | ܩܡܲܚ (qmaḥ) | 2nd person | ܩܲܡܚܘܼܟ݂ (qamḥōḵ) | ܩܲܡܚܵܟ݂ܝ (qamḥāḵ) | ܩܲܡܚܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qamḥawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܡܚܵܐ (qamḥā) | 3rd person | ܩܲܡܚܹܗ (qamḥēh) | ܩܲܡܚܵܗ̇ (qamḥāh) | ܩܲܡܚܗܘܿܢ (qamḥhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܩܘܡܚܐ
Etymology
Compare Arabic قَمْح (qamḥ) and Hebrew קֶמַח (qémaḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qamħɑ]
Noun
ܩܡܚܐ • (qamḥɑ) m(uncountable)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܡܚ | 1st person | ܩܡܚܝ | ܩܡܚܢ | |||
| construct | ܩܡܚ | 2nd person | ܩܡܚܟ | ܩܡܚܟܝ | ܩܡܚܟܘܢ | ܩܡܚܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܩܡܚܐ | 3rd person | ܩܡܚܗ | ܩܡܚܗ | ܩܡܚܗܘܢ | ܩܡܚܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “qmḥ”, 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 521b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 508b
- 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, →ISBN, page 1377a