ܪܡܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic רַמְשָׁא (ramšā), from Proto-Semitic *mušy-. Compare Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ) and Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ (émesh).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [rʌmʃaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [rˤʌmʃa]

Noun

ܪܲܡܫܵܐ • (ramšā) m (plural ܪܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܹܐ (ramšāwātē))

1. evening (the period of time at the end of the day, usually from sunset to bedtime)
2. evening prayer
3. (figuratively) old age, life

   Synonyms: ܩܲܫܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܐ (qašīšūtā), ܣܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ (saybūtā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܪܲܡܫܝܼ (ramšī)		ܪܲܡܫܲܢ (ramšan)
	construct	ܪܲܡܫ (ramš)	2nd person	ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ (ramšūḵ)	ܪܲܡܫܵܟ݂ܝ (ramšāḵ)	ܪܲܡܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ramšāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā)	3rd person	ܪܲܡܫܹܗ (ramšēh)	ܪܲܡܫܘܿܗ̇ (ramšōh)	ܪܲܡܫܗܘܿܢ (ramšhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܝܼ (ramšāwātī)		ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܲܢ (ramšāwātan)
	construct	ܪ̈ܲܡܫܲܝ (ramšay)	2nd person	ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܘܼܟ݂ (ramšāwātūḵ)	ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ (ramšāwātāḵ)	ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ramšāwātāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܹܐ (ramšāwātē)	3rd person	ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܘܼܗܝ (ramšāwātūh)	ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܘܿܗ̇ (ramšāwātōh)	ܪ̈ܲܡܫܵܘܵܬܗܘܿܢ (ramšāwāthōn)

Coordinate terms

• (times of day) ܥܸܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ (ˁiddānē d-yāwmā); ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ (īmāmā, “daytime”), ܢܘܼܓ݂ܗܵܐ (nuḡhā, “dawn”), ܕܸܢܚܵܐ (dinḥā, “sunrise”), ܨܲܦܪܵܐ (ṣaprā, “morning”), ܛܲܗܪܵܐ (ṭahrā, “noon, afternoon”), ܥܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁrāḇā, “sunset”), ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ (nuṣpā, “dusk”), ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā, “evening”), ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (palgā d-laylē, “midnight”), ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē, “nighttime”) ^{(Category: aii:Times of day)}

Derived terms

• ܐ݇ܟ݂ܵܠ݇ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ḵāramšā, “dinner”)
• ܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ (b-ramšā, “in the evening”)
• ܪܲܡܫܵܝܵܐ (ramšāyā, “of the evening”)

 

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ramʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ramʃe(ʔ)], [ramʃawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܡܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܡܫܘܬܐ or ܪܡܫܐ)

1. evening
2. (figuratively) old age, life

Inflection

    declension of ܪܡܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܡܫ	ܪܡܫܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܢ
construct	ܪܡܫ	ܪܡܫܘܬ ,ܪܡܫܝ
emphatic	ܪܡܫܐ	ܪܡܫܘܬܐ ,ܪܡܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܡܫܝ	ܪܡܫܘܬܝ ,ܪܡܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܡܫܟ	ܪܡܫܘܬܟ ,ܪܡܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܡܫܟܝ	ܪܡܫܘܬܟܝ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܡܫܗ	ܪܡܫܘܬܗ ,ܪܡܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܡܫܗ	ܪܡܫܘܬܗ ,ܪܡܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܡܫܢ	ܪܡܫܘܬܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܡܫܟܘܢ	ܪܡܫܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܡܫܟܝܢ	ܪܡܫܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܡܫܗܘܢ	ܪܡܫܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܡܫܗܝܢ	ܪܡܫܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܪܡܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rmš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 348b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 544a
• 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. 1475a-b