Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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From Aramaic רַמְשָׁא (ramšā), from Proto-Semitic *mušy-. Compare Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ) and Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ (émesh).

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Noun

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ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšām (plural ܪܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܹܐ (ramšāwātē))

  1. evening (the period of time at the end of the day, usually from sunset to bedtime)
  2. evening prayer
  3. (figuratively) old age, life
    Synonyms: ܩܲܫܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܐ (qašīšūtā), ܣܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ (saybūtā)

Inflection

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Inflection of ܪܲܡܫܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܪܲܡܫܝܼ (ramšī) ܪܲܡܫܲܢ (ramšan)
construct ܪܲܡܫ (ramš) 2nd person ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ (ramšūḵ) ܪܲܡܫܵܟ݂ܝ (ramšāḵ) ܪܲܡܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ramšāwḵōn)
emphatic ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā) 3rd person ܪܲܡܫܹܗ (ramšēh) ܪܲܡܫܘܿܗ̇ (ramšōh) ܪܲܡܫܗܘܿܢ (ramšhōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܝܼ (ramšāwātī) ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܲܢ (ramšāwātan)
construct ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܝ (ramšay) 2nd person ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܘܼܟ݂ (ramšāwātūḵ) ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ (ramšāwātāḵ) ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ramšāwātāwḵōn)
emphatic ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܹܐ (ramšāwātē) 3rd person ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܘܼܗܝ (ramšāwātūh) ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܘܿܗ̇ (ramšāwātōh) ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܗܘܿܢ (ramšāwāthōn)

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Classical Syriac

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ramʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ramʃe(ʔ)], [ramʃawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܡܫܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܡܫܘܬܐ or ܪܡܫܐ)

  1. evening
  2. (figuratively) old age, life

Inflection

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Inflection of ܪܡܫܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܪܡܫ 1st person ܪܡܫܝ ܪܡܫܢ
construct ܪܡܫ 2nd person ܪܡܫܟ ܪܡܫܟܝ ܪܡܫܟܘܢ ܪܡܫܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܡܫܐ 3rd person ܪܡܫܗ ܪܡܫܗ ܪܡܫܗܘܢ ܪܡܫܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܪܡܫܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܢ 1st person ܪܡܫܘܬܝ ,ܪܡܫܝ ܪܡܫܘܬܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܢ
construct ܪܡܫܘܬ ,ܪܡܫܝ 2nd person ܪܡܫܘܬܟ ,ܪܡܫܝܟ ܪܡܫܘܬܟܝ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܝ ܪܡܫܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܘܢ ܪܡܫܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܡܫܘܬܐ ,ܪܡܫܐ 3rd person ܪܡܫܘܬܗ ,ܪܡܫܘܗܝ ܪܡܫܘܬܗ ,ܪܡܫܝܗ ܪܡܫܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܗܘܢ ܪܡܫܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܗܝܢ

References

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  • rmš”, 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. 348b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 544a
  • 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. 1475a-b
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