Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܢܘܡܐ

Noun

ܠܘܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܠܘܡܐܣ or ܠܘܡܐ)

1. small coin; penny, farthing, quadrans

Descendants

• Old Armenian: լումայ ‎(lumay)

References

• “lwm”, 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. 170a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 238a
• 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. 679b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “լումայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935