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(m noun sg. emphatic
ˁm, ˁmˀ (ˁam, ˁammā) n.m. people
pl. almost always spelled ˁmmyn

  1 related group of people, nation Com. --(a) alluding to a specific group Syr. (a.1) christians Syr. (a.2) pl. : gentiles Qum, JLAtg, Syr. (a.3) Jewish nation Syr.
  2 people, folks Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(a) unlearned person (see also ˁm dˀrˁ) Syr.


(lm noun sg. emphatic
ˁlm, ˁlmˀ (ˁālam, ˁālmā) n.m. eternity; world
CPA det. ܥܠܝܡܐ ; Syr. constr. ܥܵܠܸܡ

  1 eternity Com. --(a) as an adv.: ˁd ˁlm, lˁlmˀ, lˁlmyn, lˁlmyˀ: forever Com. (a.1) repeated as an expression of absolute foreverness Com. --(b) עלמא דאתי : the World to Come JBA. --(c) eternal ages past Com.
  2 world . --(a) an epoch Jud, CPA, Syr, JBA. --(b) a place : this world Palm, Qum, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(c) adverbial usages with various prepositions . (c.1) ܕܥܠܡܐ : wordly, of this life Syr. (c.2) בעלמא : in a general way, merely JBA. (c.3) מעלמא : from elsewhere, from somewhere or other JBA. (c.4) לעלמא : to elsewhere JBA. (c.5) anywhere, everywhere JBAg.
  3 nation, people Syr. --(a) pl. : wedding guests Syr.