ܬܐܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic تَوْأَم‎ (tawʔam) and Hebrew תְּאוֹם‎ (təʾôm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t(əʔ)ɑmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [t(əʔ)ɑme] (plural)

Adjective

ܬܐܡܐ • (taʾmaʾ) m (plural ܬܐܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܐܡܬܐ‎)

  1. twin, double, geminate

Inflection
    declension of ܬܐܡܐ
masculine singular plural
absolute ܬܐܡ ܬܐܡܝܢ
construct ܬܐܡ ܬܐܡܝ
emphatic ܬܐܡܐ ܬܐܡܐ
feminine singular plural
absolute ܬܐܡܐ ܬܐܡܢ
construct ܬܐܡܬ ܬܐܡܬ
emphatic ܬܐܡܬܐ ܬܐܡܬܐ

Noun

ܬܐܡܐ • (taʾmaʾ) m (plural ܬܐܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܐܡܬܐ‎)

  1. twin, double

Inflection
    inflection of ܬܐܡܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܬܐܡ‎ ܬܐܡܝܢ‎
construct ܬܐܡ‎ ܬܐܡܝ‎
emphatic ܬܐܡܐ ܬܐܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܬܐܡܝ‎ ܬܐܡܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your) ܬܐܡܟ‎ ܬܐܡܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your) ܬܐܡܟܝ‎ ܬܐܡܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his) ܬܐܡܗ‎ ܬܐܡܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her) ܬܐܡܗ‎ ܬܐܡܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our) ܬܐܡܢ‎ ܬܐܡܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your) ܬܐܡܟܘܢ‎ ܬܐܡܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your) ܬܐܡܟܝܢ‎ ܬܐܡܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their) ܬܐܡܗܘܢ‎ ܬܐܡܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their) ܬܐܡܗܝܢ‎ ܬܐܡܝܗܝܢ‎

Proper noun

ܬܐܡܐ • (taʾmaʾ) m

  1. (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Gemini (constellation and zodiac sign)

References
  • “tˀm”, 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. 386b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 603a
  • 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, pp. 1618b-1619a
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