ܐܐܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr); compare Hebrew אֲוִיר (avír).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈʔɑːʔar.]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ˈʔɑːjar.]

Noun

ܐܵܐܲܪ • (āˀarm

  1. air (the apparently open space above the ground)
    Coordinate terms: ܝܵܡܵܐ (yāmā), ܝܲܒ݂ܫܵܐ (yaḇšā)
  2. weather (state of the atmosphere)
  3. (figuratively) look, appearance, sight; aspect

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܵܐܲܪ
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

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔɑ.ʔar]

Noun

ܐܐܪ • (ʾāʾarc (plural ܐܐܪܘܣ or ܐܐܪܐܣ or ܐܐܪܣ)

  1. air, breeze
  2. (figuratively) look, appearance, sight; aspect

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