ܐܐܪ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr); compare Hebrew אֲוִיר (avír).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܵܐܲܪ • (āˀar) m
- air (the apparently open space above the ground)
- weather (state of the atmosphere)
- (figuratively) look, appearance, sight; aspect
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܵܐܲܪ (āˀar) | 1st person | ܐܵܐܲܪܝܼ (āˀarī) | ܐܵܐܲܪܲܢ (āˀarran) | |||
| construct | ܐܵܐܲܪ (āˀar) | 2nd person | ܐܵܐܲܪܘܼܟ݂ (āˀarōḵ) | ܐܵܐܲܪܵܟ݂ܝ (āˀarrāḵ) | ܐܵܐܲܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āˀarrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܵܐܲܪ (āˀar) | 3rd person | ܐܵܐܲܪܹܗ (āˀarrēh) | ܐܵܐܲܪܵܗ̇ (āˀarrāh) | ܐܵܐܲܪܗܘܿܢ (āˀarhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܝܼܢ (āˀarīn) | 1st person | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܝܼ (āˀarī) | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܲܢ (āˀarran) | |||
| construct | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܲܝ (āˀarray) | 2nd person | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (āˀarōḵ) | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (āˀarrāḵ) | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āˀarrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܵܐܲܪܹ̈ܐ (āˀarrē) | 3rd person | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (āˀarūh) | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (āˀarrōh) | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (āˀarrayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܡܘܼܙܵܓ݂ ܐܵܐܲܪ (mūzāḡ āˀar, “weather”)
- ܐܵܐܲܪܵܝܵܐ (āˀarrāyā, “aerial”)
- ܨܵܐܘܼܬ݂ ܐܵܐܲܪ (ṣāˀūṯ āˀar, “air pollution”)
See also
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʔɑ.ʔar]
Noun
ܐܐܪ • (ʾāʾar) c (plural ܐܐܪܘܣ or ܐܐܪܐܣ or ܐܐܪܣ)
References
- “ˀˀr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 10 November 2008
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 1a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1b
- 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 1a