ܙܪܕܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
From Old Iranian. Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זַרְדָּא (zarədā), Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀 (zrāδa), Arabic زَرَد (zarad), Middle Persian zlyh (zrēy, zrēh), Persian زره (zere), Old Armenian զրահ (zrah).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [zar.dɑː]
Noun
ܙܲܪܕܵܐ • (zardā) m sg (plural ܙܲܪ̈ܕܹܐ (zardē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܪܲܕ݂ (zraḏ) | 1st person | ܙܲܪܕܝܼ (zardī) | ܙܲܪܕܲܢ (zardan) | |||
| construct | ܙܪܲܕ݂ (zraḏ) | 2nd person | ܙܲܪܕܘܼܟ݂ (zardōḵ) | ܙܲܪܕܵܟ݂ܝ (zardāḵ) | ܙܲܪܕܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zardawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܙܲܪܕܵܐ (zardā) | 3rd person | ܙܲܪܕܹܗ (zardēh) | ܙܲܪܕܵܗ̇ (zardāh) | ܙܲܪܕܗܘܿܢ (zardhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܝܼܢ (zardīn) | 1st person | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܝܼ (zardī) | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܲܢ (zardan) | |||
| construct | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܲܝ (zarday) | 2nd person | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܘܼܟ݂ (zardōḵ) | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܵܟ݂ܝ (zardāḵ) | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zardawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܹܐ (zardē) | 3rd person | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܘܼܗܝ (zardūh) | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܘܼܗ̇ (zardōh) | ܙܲܪ̈ܕܲܝܗܘܿܢ (zardayhōn) | |||
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian زرد (zard).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ܙܲܪܕܹܐ • (zardē)
References
- “ܙܪܕܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 9 December 2021 (last accessed)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Old Iranian. Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זַרְדָּא (zarədā), Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀 (zrāδa), Arabic زَرَد (zarad), Middle Persian zlyh (zrēy, zrēh), Persian زره (zere), Old Armenian զրահ (zrah).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zar(ə)dɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [zar(ə)de] (plural)
Noun
ܙܪܕܐ • (zarədā) m (plural ܙܪܕܐ (zarədē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܪܕ | 1st person | ܙܪܕܝ | ܙܪܕܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܪܕ | 2nd person | ܙܪܕܟ | ܙܪܕܟܝ | ܙܪܕܟܘܢ | ܙܪܕܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܪܕܐ | 3rd person | ܙܪܕܗ | ܙܪܕܗ | ܙܪܕܗܘܢ | ܙܪܕܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܙܪܕܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܪܕܝ | ܙܪܕܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܪܕܝ | 2nd person | ܙܪܕܝܟ | ܙܪܕܝܟܝ | ܙܪܕܝܟܘܢ | ܙܪܕܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܪܕܐ | 3rd person | ܙܪܕܘܗܝ | ܙܪܕܝܗ | ܙܪܕܝܗܘܢ | ܙܪܕܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “zrdˀ”, 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 92a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 120b
- 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 397a