ܙܗܪܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| ܙ ܗ ܪ |
| 1 term |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [z(ə)hɑrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [z(ə)hɑre] (plural)
Noun
ܙܗܪܐ • (zəhārā) m (plural ܙܗܪܐ (zəhārē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܗܪ | 1st person | ܙܗܪܝ | ܙܗܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܗܪ | 2nd person | ܙܗܪܟ | ܙܗܪܟܝ | ܙܗܪܟܘܢ | ܙܗܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܗܪܐ | 3rd person | ܙܗܪܗ | ܙܗܪܗ | ܙܗܪܗܘܢ | ܙܗܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܙܗܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܗܪܝ | ܙܗܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܗܪܝ | 2nd person | ܙܗܪܝܟ | ܙܗܪܝܟܝ | ܙܗܪܝܟܘܢ | ܙܗܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܗܪܐ | 3rd person | ܙܗܪܘܗܝ | ܙܗܪܝܗ | ܙܗܪܝܗܘܢ | ܙܗܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
| Root |
|---|
| ܙ ܗ ܪ |
| 1 term |
Compare Arabic زَهْر (zahr) and Hebrew זֹהַר (zṓhar), and a variant conserved in Classical Syriac ܨܗܪܘܐ (ṣəharwā, ṣəhērwā, ṣəhārwā, “hemlock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zahrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [zahre] (plural)
Noun
ܙܗܪܐ • (zahrā) m (plural ܙܗܪܐ (zahrē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܗܪ | 1st person | ܙܗܪܝ | ܙܗܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܗܪ | 2nd person | ܙܗܪܟ | ܙܗܪܟܝ | ܙܗܪܟܘܢ | ܙܗܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܗܪܐ | 3rd person | ܙܗܪܗ | ܙܗܪܗ | ܙܗܪܗܘܢ | ܙܗܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܙܗܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܗܪܝ | ܙܗܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܗܪܝ | 2nd person | ܙܗܪܝܟ | ܙܗܪܝܟܝ | ܙܗܪܝܟܘܢ | ܙܗܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܗܪܐ | 3rd person | ܙܗܪܘܗܝ | ܙܗܪܝܗ | ܙܗܪܝܗܘܢ | ܙܗܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 3
From Middle Persian [script needed] (zʾhl /zahr/). Compare Persian زهر (zahr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zahrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [zahre] (plural)
Noun
ܙܗܪܐ • (zahrā) m (plural ܙܗܪܐ (zahrē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܗܪ | 1st person | ܙܗܪܝ | ܙܗܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܗܪ | 2nd person | ܙܗܪܟ | ܙܗܪܟܝ | ܙܗܪܟܘܢ | ܙܗܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܗܪܐ | 3rd person | ܙܗܪܗ | ܙܗܪܗ | ܙܗܪܗܘܢ | ܙܗܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܙܗܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܗܪܝ | ܙܗܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܗܪܝ | 2nd person | ܙܗܪܝܟ | ܙܗܪܝܟܝ | ܙܗܪܝܟܘܢ | ܙܗܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܗܪܐ | 3rd person | ܙܗܪܘܗܝ | ܙܗܪܝܗ | ܙܗܪܝܗܘܢ | ܙܗܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Further reading
- “zhr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “zhr3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “zhr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “zhr4”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 85
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 111b
- 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, →ISBN, page 368b