ܨܘܡܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 27 March 2019

Etymology

From the root ܨ-ܘ-ܡ (ṣ-w-m) related to fasting. Compare Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm) and Hebrew צוֹם (ṣôm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤawmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˤawme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܨܘܡܐ • (ṣawmā) m (plural ܨܘܡܐ)

1. fast (abstention from food)

Inflection

    inflection of ܨܘܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܨܘܡ	ܨܘܡܝܢ
construct	ܨܘܡ	ܨܘܡܝ
emphatic	ܨܘܡܐ	ܨܘܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܨܘܡܝ	ܨܘܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܨܘܡܟ	ܨܘܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܨܘܡܟܝ	ܨܘܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܨܘܡܗ	ܨܘܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܨܘܡܗ	ܨܘܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܨܘܡܢ	ܨܘܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܨܘܡܟܘܢ	ܨܘܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܨܘܡܟܝܢ	ܨܘܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܨܘܡܗܘܢ	ܨܘܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܨܘܡܗܝܢ	ܨܘܡܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܪܨܘܡܐ (Barṣaumā)

Descendants

• → Arabic: صَوْم (ṣawm)
• → Old Armenian: ծոմ (com)
  • Armenian: ծոմ (com)
    • → Udi: цӏум (c̣um)

References

• “ṣwm”, 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. 300a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 475b
• 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. 1279b