ܪܡܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic רַמְשָׁא‎ (ramšā), from Proto-Semitic *mušy-. Compare Arabic مَسَاء‎ (masāʔ) and Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ‎ (émesh).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ram.ʃɑː]

Noun

ܪܲܡܫܵܐ • (ramšā) m (plural ܪܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܹܐ‎ (ramšāwātē))

  1. evening (the period of time at the end of the day, usually from sunset to bedtime)
  2. (figuratively) old age, life
    Synonyms: ܩܲܫܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (qašišutā), ܣܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (saybutā)

Inflection

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • ܐ݇ܟ݂ܵܠ݇ܪܲܡܫܵܐ‎ (ḵāramšā, “dinner”)
  • ܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ‎ (b-ramšā, “in the evening”)
  • ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܪܲܡܫܵܐ‎ (kāwḵwā d-ramšā, “evening star”)
  • ܪܲܡܫܵܝܵܐ‎ (ramšāyā, “of the evening”)

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ramʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ramʃe(ʔ)], [ramʃawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܡܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܡܫܘܬܐ‎ or ܪܡܫܐ)

  1. evening
  2. (figuratively) old age, life

Inflection

References

  • “rmš”, 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. 348b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 544a
  • 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. 1475a-b
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