ܐܡܝܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| ܐ ܡ ܪ (ˀ m r) |
| 7 terms |
Borrowed from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr)
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔamiːrɑː]
Noun
ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܐ • (amīrā) m (plural ܐܲܡܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (amīrē) or ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (amīrānē), feminine ܐܲܡܝܼܪܬܵܐ (amīrtā))
- emir
- prince
- Synonyms: ܒܲܪ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ (bar malkā), ܫܵܗܙܵܕ݂ܵܐ (šāhzāḏā)
- (military) commander
- Synonyms: ܪܲܒ݂ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ (raḇ ḥaylā), ܦܵܩܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (pāqōḏā), ܐܲܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (aḥīḏā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ (amīr) | 1st person | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܝܼ (amīrī) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܲܢ (amīran) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ (amīr) | 2nd person | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܘܼܟ݂ (amīrōḵ) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܟ݂ܝ (amīrāḵ) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (amīrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܐ (amīrā) | 3rd person | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܹܗ (amīrēh) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (amīrāh) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ (amīrhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܝܼܢ (amīrīn) | 1st person | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܝܼ (amīrī) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܲܢ (amīran) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܲܝ (amīray) | 2nd person | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (amīrōḵ) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (amīrāḵ) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (amīrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܡܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (amīrē) | 3rd person | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (amīrūh) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (amīrōh) | ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (amīrayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܐܲܡܝܼܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (amīrūṯā, “emirate”)
- ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܐ ܕܡܗܘܼܝܡܢܹ̈ܐ (amīrā dmhūymnē, “commander of the believers”)
- ܐܲܡܝܼܪ ܝܲܡܵܐ (amīr yammā, “admiral”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [miːrɑː]
Verb
ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܵܐ • (mīrā) (feminine ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܬܵܐ (mīrtā), plural ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (mīrē))
- past participle of ܐܵܡܹܪ (āmēr, “to say”)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܐܡܝܪ (ʾămīr)
Etymology
From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr). The plural form ܐܡܝܪܐܢ (ʾămīrān) is influenced by Persian امیران (amirân), plural form of امیر (amir).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔămirɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔămire], [ʔămirɑ(ʔ)n], [ʔămirɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܐܡܝܪܐ • (ʾămīrā) m (plural ܐܡܝܪܢܐ or ܐܡܝܪܐܢ or ܐܡܝܪܐ)
Derived terms
- ܐܡܝܪܘܬܐ (ʾămīrūṯā)
- ܐܡܝܪܐ ܕܡܗܝܡܢܐ (ʾămīrāʾ ḏa-məhaymənā)
Descendants
References
- “ˀmyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 21 June 2011
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 11b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 19b
- 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, pages 55a–b