The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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pwm noun pl. absolute

The vocalization in oldest Aramaic is uncertain, though it is written defectively up to and including Middle Aramaic. In later Western dialects it is pem, in literary and Eastern dialects pūm. CPA p. ܦܝܡ̈ܝܢ and ܦܡ̈ܡܝܢ ‍<‍ܨܦܲ‍>‍܂ ܬܗܸ ܠܲܬܬܸܪ ܦܸܪܗܲܦܣ oܢܠܝ ܼܢ ܬܗܸ ܡܸܲܢܼܢܓ "ܒܠܲܕܸ"܂ܿ

  1 mouth Com. --(a) of animals Com. --(b) mouthful Syr.
  2 fig.: opening Com. --(a) of a vessel Com. --(b) of a body of water Com. --(c) (bot.) blossoming of a fruit tree Syr, JBA.
  3 surface JLAtg, Syr. --(a) flesh of a fruit Syr.
  4 idiomatic expressions: Com. --(a) mn pwm, אפום : orally, by heart Syr, JBA. --(b) אפום , אפומא ד : on top of JBA. --(c) see s.v. lpwm . --(d) blade, sharp edge of a sword or knife Com, ^-OA ^-BA. --(e) of animals: units, like English "head" JBAg. --(f) פם חד : in unison, agreement Qum. (f.1) suddenly (??) Sam.
  5 oral order, command Syr. --(a) (l pwm, אַפּוּם : according to the order of, by authority of : see s.v. ̔l pwm .