Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rawmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rawme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܪܘܡܐ)

1. height, elevation, breadth, size
2. high place: hill, summit; sky, heaven
3. pride, haughtiness
4. exaltation, glory
5. swollenness

Inflection

See also

• ܡܪܘܡܐ

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα ‎(rheûma).

Alternative forms

• ܪܗܘܡܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛwmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rɛwme(ʔ)], [rɛwmɑtˁɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܪܘܡܛܐ or ܪܘܡܐ)

1. fluid, flowing
2. (pathology) rheum, catarrh, flux, diarrhea

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rumɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rume(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܪܘܡܐ)

1. lie, falsehood

Inflection

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek Ῥώμη ‎(Rhṓmē), from Latin Rōma.

Alternative forms

• ܪܗܘܡ
• ܪܗܘܡܐ
• ܪܗܘܡܝ
• ܪܘܡܝ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [romɑ(ʔ)], [rome(ʔ)]

Proper noun

ܪܘܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f

1. Rome
2. Roman Empire
3. Byzantine Empire

References

• “rwm”, 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, pp. 342a, 419a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 531b, 535a
• 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. 1450a-b