ܪܘܡܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic رُمْح‎ (rumḥ), Hebrew רֹמַח‎ (rṓmaḥ).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈrum.ħɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈrum.xɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈrum.ħo]

Noun

ܪܘܡܚܐ • (rumḥā) f (plural ܪܘܡܚܐ (rumḥē))

  1. spear, lance
    • Peshitta, Judges 5:8:
      ‏ܢܓܒܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܚܕܬܐ: ܘܗܝܕܝܢ ܠܚܡܐ ܕܣܥܪ̈ܐ: ܘܣܝܦܐ ܘܪܘܡܚܐ ܠܐ ܢܬܚܙܐ ܒܝܢܬ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ ܐܠܦ̈ܐ ܕܝܣܪܝܠ.‎‎
      neḡbē ʾălāhā ḥəḏattā; wə-hāydên laḥmā ḏa-səʿārē: wə-saypā wə-rumḥā lā neṯḥəzē baynāṯ ʾarbəʿīn ʾăləp̄ē ḏə-īsrāyēl.
      They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܪܘܡܚܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܪܡܘܚ ܪܘܡܚܝܢ
construct ܪܡܘܚ ܪܘܡܚܝ
emphatic ܪܘܡܚܐ ܪܘܡܚܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܪܘܡܚܝ ܪܘܡܚܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܪܘܡܚܟ ܪܘܡܚܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܪܘܡܚܟܝ ܪܘܡܚܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܪܘܡܚܗ ܪܘܡܚܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܪܘܡܚܗ ܪܘܡܚܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܪܘܡܚܢ ܪܘܡܚܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܪܘܡܚܟܘܢ ܪܘܡܚܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܪܘܡܚܟܝܢ ܪܘܡܚܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܪܘܡܚܗܘܢ ܪܘܡܚܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܪܘܡܚܗܝܢ ܪܘܡܚܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “rwmḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-06-02
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 342a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 535a
  • 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 1450b
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