ܥܠܝܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܡ‎ (ʿ-l-m). Compare Arabic غُلَيِّم‎ (ḡulayyim) and Hebrew עֶלֶם‎ (élem).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕlaj.mɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔa.leːmɑː]

Adjective

ܥܠܲܝܡܵܐ • (ʿlayma) m (feminine ܥܠܲܝܡܬܵܐ‎ (ʿlaymta), masculine plural ܥܠܲܝ̈ܡܹܐ (ʿlayme), feminine plural ܥܠܲܝ̈ܡܵܬܹܐ‎ (ʿlaymate))

  1. young, youthful, juvenile

Noun

ܥܠܲܝܡܵܐ • (ʿlayma) m (feminine ܥܠܲܝܡܬܵܐ‎ (ʿlaymta), masculine plural ܥܠܲܝ̈ܡܹܐ (ʿlayme), feminine plural ܥܠܲܝ̈ܡܵܬܹܐ‎ (ʿlaymate))

  1. boy, lad, adolescent, young man
  2. (in the plural, collectively) the young, youth

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܡ‎ (ʿ-l-m). Compare Arabic غُلَيِّم‎ (ḡulayyim) and Hebrew עֶלֶם‎ (ʿélem).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lajmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lajme] (plural)

Adjective

ܥܠܝܡܐ • (ʿəlaymāʾ) m (plural ܥܠܝܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܠܝܡܬܐ‎)

  1. young, youthful, juvenile

Inflection

Noun

ܥܠܝܡܐ • (ʿəlaymāʾ) m (plural ܥܠܝܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܠܝܡܬܐ‎)

  1. boy, lad, adolescent, young man
  2. (in the plural, collectively) the young
  3. adult
  4. servant
  5. fawn, young deer

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • “ˁlym”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-12-08
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 254a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 414b
  • 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. 1102a-b
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