Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)ðam]

Verb

ܩܕܡ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to precede, to come before

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܕ-ܡ ‎(q-d-m) related to preceding. Compare Akkadian 𒁾𒊕 ‎(qudmu [DUB.SAG]) and Hebrew קֹדֶם ‎(qṓḏem).

Alternative forms

• ܩܕܝܡ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)ðɑm]

Conjunction

ܩܕܡ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. before

Preposition

ܩܕܡ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. before, in front of
2. among, in the presence of
3. against

Inflection

Takes type-II suffixes.

Antonyms

• ܒܬܪ

References

• “qdm”, 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. 310a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 490b
• 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. 1318a-b