ܣܝܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Root
ܣ ܘ ܡ‎ (s w m)
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܣܝܡܐ‎ (syāmē).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [sjaːmeː]

Noun

ܣܝܵܡܹ̈ܐ • (syāmē) ? (plural only; not used in singular form)

  1. (typography) syame, the diacritic consisting of two horizontal dots used to indicate a plural in the Syriac scripts
    ‎ܬܹܐܢܵܐ‎ (tēnā) → ‎ܬܹܐܢܹ̈ܐ‎ (tēnē)
    ‎ܩܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ‎ (qrīṯā) → ‎ܩܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܐ‎ (quryā)
    ‎ܒܲܝܬܵܐ‎ (baytā) → ‎ܒ̈ܵܬܹܐ‎ (bāttē)
    ‎ܥܵܢܵܐ‎ (ʿānā) → ‎ܥܵܢ̈ܵܐ‎ (ʿānā)
    ‎ܣܘܼܪܵܝܬܵܐ‎ (surāytā) → ‎ܣܘܼܪ̈ܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ‎ (surāyāṯā)

Usage notes
  • If written above resh, they replace the single dot that differentiates it from daleth.
  • In the Serto script, syame may be placed diagonally when placed on a lamedh.

Derived terms
  • ܡܣܲܝܸܡ‎ (msayim, “to provide syame”)
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