ܟܝܡܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Arabic كِيمِيَاء (kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [kiːmiːjɑː]
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܟܝܼܡܝܼܝܼ (kīmīyī) | ܟܝܼܡܝܼܲܢ (kīmīyan) | ||
| construct | ܟܝܼܡܝܼ (kīmī) |
2nd person | ܟܝܼܡܝܼܘܼܟ݂ (kīmīyūḵ) |
ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ (kīmīyāḵ) |
ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kīmīyāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܐ (kīmīyā) |
3rd person | ܟܝܼܡܝܼܹܗ (kīmīyēh) |
ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܗ̇ (kīmīyāh) |
ܟܝܼܡܝܼܗܘܿܢ (kīmīhōn) | ||
Derived terms
- ܟܹܝܡܵܠܹܐܹ̈ܐ (kēmālēˀē, “chemicals”)
- ܟܹܝܡܵܠܹܐܵܝܵܐ (kēmālēˀāyā, “chemical”)
See also
- ܐܘܼܡܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܲܒܬܵܐ (ūmānūtā rabtā)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܟܝܡܝܐܐ, ܟܝܡܝܢ
Etymology
From Arabic كِيمِيَاء (kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kimi(j)ɑ(ʔ)]
Noun
ܟܝܡܝܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)
References
- “kymyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 213a
- 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. 619b
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