Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laħmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [laħme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܚܡܐ • ‎(laḥmā) m ‎(plural ܠܚܡܐ)

1. bread
2. loaf, cake (of bread)
3. meal
4. food, victuals

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܠ-ܚ-ܡ ‎(l-ḥ-m) related to threatening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l(ə)ħɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [l(ə)ħɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܚܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܠܚܡܐ)

1. torment

Inflection

References

• “lxm”, 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. 171b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 240b
• 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, pp. 685b-686a

Anagrams

• ܚܠܡܐ
• ܡܠܚܐ