ܛܥܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܛ ܥ ܡ (ṭ ˁ m)
5 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic [Term?]; compare Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm) and Hebrew טַעַם (ṭaʿam).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tˤaʕmaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [tˤɪma]

Verb

ܛܲܥܡܵܐ • (ṭaˁmā) m (plural ܛܲܥ̈ܡܹܐ (ṭaˁmē))

  1. taste, tasting, relish
  2. (figuratively) value, profit, benefit
    ܬܲܢܲܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܘܿܟ݂ ܦܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ، ܠܲܝܬ ܒܗܘܿܢ ܛܲܥܡܵܐtannayāṯōḵ pāḵē ìnā, layt bhōn ṭaˁmāYour words are pointless, they have no benefit.

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܛ-ܥ-ܡ (ṭ-ʿ-m) related to tasting. Compare Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm) and Hebrew טַעַם (ṭaʿam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˤaʕmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤaʕme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܛܥܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܥܡܐ)

  1. taste, tasting, relish
  2. (figuratively) foreknowing, prudence; knowledge, sapience; perception, discernment
  3. (figuratively, semantics) meaning, sense, signification
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܛ-ܥ-ܡ (ṭ-ʿ-m) related to tasting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˤ(ə)ʕɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤ(ə)ʕɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܛܥܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܥܡܐ)

  1. grafting; budding
  2. graft, sapling, shoot
Inflection

References

  • ṭˁm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 130a-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 179a
  • 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. 543a-b
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