ܦܘܡܐ

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

  • (standard) IPA(key): [pum.mɑː]

Noun

ܦܘܼܡܵܐ • (pummā) m sg (plural ܦܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (pummē) or ܦܘܼܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ (pūmānē) or ܦܘܼܡܵܡܹ̈ܐ (pūmāmē))

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

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܡܪܲܫܠܘܼܬ݂ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (mrašlūṯ pummā, facial paralysis)
  • ܦܘܼܡܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (pūmāˀīṯ, orally)
  • ܦܘܼܡܵܝܵܐ (pūmāyā, oral)
  • ܦܘܼܡܵܢܵܐ (pūmānā, glutton)
  • ܦܘܼܡܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (pūmānāˀīṯ, aloud)
  • ܫܘܼܠܗܵܒ݂ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (šūlhāḇ pummā, stomatitis)
  • ܫܡܲܝ ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (šmay pummā, palate)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pumɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pume] (plural)

Noun

ܦܘܡܐ • (pūmā) m (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
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