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syame

syame noun: a diacritical mark used in Aramaic, written as two horizontal dots above a letter, indicating that a noun or adjective is plural, or occasionally that a word ends in /e/ or /ε/. If written above resh in the Syriac script, it replaces the single dot that differentiates it from daleth.

Noun

syame

  1. A diacritical mark used in Aramaic, written as two horizontal dots above a letter, indicating that a noun or adjective is plural, or occasionally that a word ends in /e/ or /ε/. If written above resh in the Syriac script, it replaces the single dot that differentiates it from daleth.

Forms of syame

alternative formseyame

Origin of syame

From Classical Syriac ܣܝܡܐ.

Questions about syame

What does syame mean?
Syame means a diacritical mark used in Aramaic, written as two horizontal dots above a letter, indicating that a noun or adjective is plural, or occasionally that a word ends in /e/ or /ε/. If written above resh in the Syriac script, it replaces the single dot that differentiates it from daleth.
What part of speech is syame?
Syame is a noun.

Words near syame in the dictionary

  1. syah-gushes
  2. syair
  3. syairs
  4. SyAM
  5. Syamantak
  6. syame
  7. Syamese
  8. syamisen
  9. syamisens
  10. SyAMs
  11. Syamyon

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