A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g159-yama-sea

lemma

unvoc ܝܡܐ
voc ܝܰܡܳܐ
translit yammā
pos m.
gloss_en sea
gloss_de Meer
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto

primer_note

⭐ 'Sea', 'right hand' and 'south' in one entry. The chain is the Semitic compass: you face east, so the right hand IS the south — and Nestle files ܝܡܝܢ and the ܬ-preformative ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ under the same head as ܝܰܡܳܐ without a word of explanation.

sub_lemmas

vocgloss_enrawgloss_de
ܝܰܡ̈ܡܶܐpl.Pl. ܝܰܡ̈ܡܶܐ
ܝܰܡܬܳܐf. lake; pl. ܝܰܡ̈ܳܬܳܐܝܰܡܬܳܐ f. Teich | lake. Pl. ܝܰܡ̈ܳܬܳܐ.Teich
ܝܰܡܺܝܢܳܐf. the right handܝܰܡܺܝܢܳܐ f. die rechte Seite | the right handdie rechte Seite
ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐf. the south country; etiam ܬܰܝܡܰܢܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ f. die südliche Gegend | the south country. Etiam ܬܰܝܡܰܢ.die südliche Gegend
ܬܰܝܡܢܳܝܳܐsouthernܬܰܝܡܢܳܝܳܐ südlich | southernsüdlich

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 159
leaf n248