ܦܣܡܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly metathesized from *ܣܦܡܐ (*sap̄mā); compare Hebrew שָׂפָם (śāp̄ām).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈpas.mɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈpas.mɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈfɑs.mo]

Noun[edit]

ܦܣܡܐ (pasmām (plural ܦܣܡܐ (pasmē))

  1. moustache/mustache
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈfɑs.mɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈpɑs.mɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈfɑs.mo]

Noun[edit]

ܦܣܡܐ (p̄āsmām (plural ܦܣܡܛܐ (p̄āsmāṭā))

  1. omen, portent
  2. false image
  3. imagination

References[edit]

  • psmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-20
  • psmˀ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-20
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 280b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 452a
  • 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 1211a