ܣܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܣ ܡ ܡ (s m m)
1 term

From Aramaic סַמָּא (sammā), from Akkadian 𒌑 (šammu [Ú]); compare also in Arabic سِمّ (simm) and Hebrew סַם (sam).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sammaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [saːma]

Noun

ܣܲܡܵܐ • (sammā) m pl (plural ܣܲܡܹ̈ܐ (sammē) or ܣܲܡܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ (sammānē))

  1. poison, toxin
  2. drug, medicine, remedy
    Synonym: ܕܲܪܡܵܢܵܐ (darmānā)
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
ܣ ܡ ܐ (s m ˀ)
3 terms

From Aramaic סְמָא (səmā).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sɑːmeː]

Verb

ܣܵܡܹܐ • (sāmē) (present participle ܣܡܵܝܵܐ (smāyā), past participle ܣܸܡܝܵܐ (simyā))

  1. (intransitive) to be or go blind
Conjugation
Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌑 (šammu [Ú]). Compare Arabic سِمّ (simm) and Hebrew סַם (sam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sammɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܣܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܡܡܢܐ or ܣܡܢܐ)

  1. drug, medicine, remedy
  2. poison
  3. dye, color/colour, pigment

Inflection

See also

References

  • sm”, 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. 230a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 379b
  • 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. 1016a-b
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