ܟܝܡܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Arabic كِيمِيَاء (kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kiːmiːjɑː]

Noun

ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܐ • (kīmīyā) f

1. alchemy
2. chemistry

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܐ (kīmīyā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܟܝܼܡܝܼܝܼ (kīmīyī)		ܟܝܼܡܝܼܲܢ (kīmīyan)
	construct	ܟܝܼܡܝܼ (kīmī)	2nd person	ܟܝܼܡܝܼܘܼܟ݂ (kīmīyūḵ)	ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ (kīmīyāḵ)	ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kīmīyāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܐ (kīmīyā)	3rd person	ܟܝܼܡܝܼܹܗ (kīmīyēh)	ܟܝܼܡܝܼܵܗ̇ (kīmīyāh)	ܟܝܼܡܝܼܗܘܿܢ (kīmīhōn)

Derived terms

• ܟܹܝܡܵܠܹܐܹ̈ܐ (kēmālēˀē, “chemicals”)
  • ܟܹܝܡܵܠܹܐܵܝܵܐ (kēmālēˀāyā, “chemical”)

See also

• ܐܘܼܡܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܲܒܬܵܐ (ūmānūtā rabtā)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܟܝܡܝܐܐ, ܟܝܡܝܢ

Etymology

From Arabic كِيمِيَاء (kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kimi(j)ɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܝܡܝܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. alchemy

   Synonym: ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ

2. chemistry

   Synonym: ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ

References

• “kymyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 213a
• 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. 619b