Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܟܘܡܐ
• ܟܘܡܐ

Adjective

ܐܘܟܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ)

1. black, dark, sunburnt
2. (figuratively) obscure

Inflection

Antonyms

• ܚܘܪܐ

Noun

ܐܘܟܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܐܘܟܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܘܟܡܬܐ)

1. black (color)
2. negro, Moor, Nubian, sub-Saharan African, black person
3. (in the plural) black garments worn by Abbasids, judges, or those in mourning
4. (anatomy) pupil

Inflection

References

• “)wkm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 9a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 5b
• 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. 15b