08-16-2009, 03:51 PM
Shalom uvrachot, judge.
I am certainly not familiar with Aramaic to the extent of Mr. Younan, or Mr. Roth, but I'm pretty certain that this is a singular noun form in Aramaic. It is "alma" which, unless I'm mistaken, we would expect to be "almin" or "almaya" if it were plural. However, there do seem to be some cases where a simple aleph suffix does indicate a plural.
Sorry this isn't very helpful. Like I said, I don't know much Aramaic.
Shalom,
David
I am certainly not familiar with Aramaic to the extent of Mr. Younan, or Mr. Roth, but I'm pretty certain that this is a singular noun form in Aramaic. It is "alma" which, unless I'm mistaken, we would expect to be "almin" or "almaya" if it were plural. However, there do seem to be some cases where a simple aleph suffix does indicate a plural.
Sorry this isn't very helpful. Like I said, I don't know much Aramaic.
Shalom,
David