ܙܢܓܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܙܘܢܓܪܐ (/⁠zwngrʾ⁠/)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zngʾl (zangār). Compare Persian زنگار (zangâr) and Arabic زِنْجَار (zinjār) and see the former for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zanɡɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zanɡɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܙܢܓܪܐ • (zangārām (plural ܙܢܓܪܐ)

  1. verdigris, rust

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܢܓܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܙܢܓܪ 1st person ܙܢܓܪܝ ܙܢܓܪܢ
construct ܙܢܓܪ 2nd person ܙܢܓܪܟ ܙܢܓܪܟܝ ܙܢܓܪܟܘܢ ܙܢܓܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܙܢܓܪܐ 3rd person ܙܢܓܪܗ ܙܢܓܪܗ ܙܢܓܪܗܘܢ ܙܢܓܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܙܢܓܪܝܢ 1st person ܙܢܓܪܝ ܙܢܓܪܝܢ
construct ܙܢܓܪܝ 2nd person ܙܢܓܪܝܟ ܙܢܓܪܝܟܝ ܙܢܓܪܝܟܘܢ ܙܢܓܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܙܢܓܪܐ 3rd person ܙܢܓܪܘܗܝ ܙܢܓܪܝܗ ܙܢܓܪܝܗܘܢ ܙܢܓܪܝܗܝܢ

References

  • zngr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 27 April 2013
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
  • 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 388a