ܠܘܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

By dissimilation from Ancient Greek νοῦμμος (noûmmos), from Latin nummus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lumɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [lume(ʔ)], [luma(ʔ)s] (plural)

Noun

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

  1. small coin; penny, farthing, quadrans

Descendants

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
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