# ܪܚܡ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic [script needed] (rəḥem); compare Arabic رَحِمَ (raḥima) and Hebrew רָחַם (rakhám).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ˈrɑːxemː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [rɑːxɪmː], [rɑːħɪmː]

#### Verb

ܪܵܚܹܡ • (rāḥēm)
* to love, adore, like
    Synonyms: ܒܵܥܹܐ (bāˁē), ܡܲܚܸܒ (maḥḥib), ܡܚܲܒܸܒ݂ (mḥabbiḇ)
* to desire
    Synonyms: ܒܵܥܹܐ (bāˁē), ܨܵܒ݂ܹܐ (ṣāḇē)
* to delight in
* (with ܡ̣ܢ (min)) prefer, choose
* (with ܥܲܠ (ˁal)) to have mercy on, be pitiful to

##### Conjugation

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### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ˈrɑːxɪmː]

#### Noun

ܪܵܚܸܡ • (rāḥim) m sg (plural ܪ̈ܵܚܡܲܝ (rāḥmay), feminine ܪܵܚܡܲܬ݂ (rāḥmaṯ))
* singular construct state of ܪܵܚܡܵܐ (rāḥmā, “friend”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ˈrəxɪm.]

#### Noun

ܪܚܸܡ • (rḥim) m
* singular construct state of ܪܲܚܡܵܐ (raḥmā, “womb”)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From the root ܪ ܚ ܡ related to loving; compare Arabic رَحِمَ (raḥima), Hebrew רָחַם (rāḥam).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈr(ə.)ħɛm]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈrxɪm]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ˈrħem]

#### Verb

ܪܚܡ • (rəḥem) (imperfect ܢܪܚܡ (nerḥam), medio-passive counterpart ܐܬܪܚܡ (ʾeṯrəḥem)) (peal construction)
* to love, adore, like
* to desire
* to delight in
* (with ܡܢ (men)) prefer, choose
* (with ܥܠ (ʿal) or accusatively) to have mercy on, be pitiful to

### Etymology 2

From the root ܪ ܚ ܡ related to loving; compare Arabic رَحَّمَ (raḥḥama), Hebrew רִחֵם (riḥēm).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈraħ.ħɛm]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈrax.xɪm]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [rɑˈħem]

#### Verb

ܪܚܡ • (raḥḥem) (imperfect ܢܪܚܡ (nəraḥḥem), medio-passive counterpart ܐܬܪܚܡ (ʾeṯraḥḥam)) (pael construction)
* (with ܥܠ (ʿal)) to have mercy on, be pitiful to
* to strive for mercy

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈrɑ.ħɛm]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈrɑ.xɪm]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [roˈħem]

#### Noun

ܪܚܡ • (rāḥem)
* absolute singular of ܪܚܡܐ (rāḥmā, “friend”)
* construct state singular of ܪܚܡܐ (rāḥmā, “friend”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈr(ə.)ħɛm]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈrxɪm]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ˈrħem]

#### Noun

ܪܚܡ • (rəḥem)
* absolute singular of ܪܚܡܐ (raḥmā, “womb”)
* construct state singular of ܪܚܡܐ (raḥmā, “womb”)

### References

* “ܪܚܡ”, in Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2021 June 19 (last accessed)
* “rḥm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-25
* Audo, Toma (1897) ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ [Treasure of the Syriac Language] (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, pages 498b–500a
* Brock, Sebastian P., Kiraz, George A. (2015) “ܪܚܶܡ”, in Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary‎, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, retrieved 2021-06-19, page 208a
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 343a–b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 537b
* 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, pages 1455b–1456b