ܠܚܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic לַחְמָא (laḥmā), from Proto-Semitic *laḥm-. Compare Hebrew לֶחֶם (lékhem) and Arabic لَحْم (laḥm, meat).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [lax.ma]

Noun

ܠܲܚܡܵܐ (lāḳma) m

  1. (uncountable) bread: A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
    ܠܲܝܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܲܝܬܹܗ ܬܸܡܲܠ.layt wā laḥmā gāw baytēh timmal.There was no bread in his house yesterday.
    • John 6:58
      ܐܵܗܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܕܨܠܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ، ܠܵܐ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܗ̇ܘ ܕܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܡܝܼܬ ܠܗܘܿܢ. ܡ̇ܢ ܕܐܵܟ݂ܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܚܵܝܹܗ ܠܥܵܠܲܡ
      āhā ìlēh laḥmā dṣlē lēh min šmayyā, lā ayḵ awā dḵīl lhon aḇḇāhātāwḵon īnā mīt lhon. man dʾāḵil min āhā laḥmā bit ḥāyēh lʿālam
      This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.

References


Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic לחמא (laḥmā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laħma/

Noun

ܠܚܡܐ (laḥma) m

  1. bread

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

ܠܚܡܐ

From the root ܠ-ܚ-ܡ (l-ḥ-m) related to eating. Compare Arabic لَحْم (laḥm) and Hebrew לֶחֶם (léḥem).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [laħmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [laħme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܚܡܐ (laḥmā) m (plural ܠܚܡܐ)

  1. bread
  2. loaf, cake (of bread)
  3. meal
  4. food, victuals
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܠ-ܚ-ܡ (l-ḥ-m) related to threatening.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [l(ə)ħɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [l(ə)ħɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܚܡܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܚܡܐ)

  1. torment
Inflection

References

  • lḥm”, 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. 171b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 240b
  • 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. 685b-686a

Anagrams


Turoyo

Etymology

from Aramaic לחמא (laḥmā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laħmo/

Noun

ܠܰܚܡܳܐ (laḥmo) m (plural ܠܰܚܡܶܐ (laḥme))

  1. bread

Western Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

from Aramaic לחמא (laḥmā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leħma/

Noun

ܠܶܚܡܰܐ (transliteration needed) m

  1. bread
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