ܕܝܢܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic דֵּינָרָא (dēnārā), from Ancient Greek δηνάριον (dēnárion), ultimately from Latin dēnārius; compare also borrowed into Arabic دِينَار (dīnār) and Hebrew דִּינָר (dinár).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [deːnɑːrɑː]
Noun
ܕܹܝܢܵܪܵܐ • (dēnārā) m (plural ܕܹܝܢܵܪܹ̈ܐ (dēnārē))
- denarius
- (by extension) dinar; the official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ (dēnār) | 1st person | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܝܼ (dēnārī) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܲܢ (dēnāran) | |||
| construct | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ (dēnār) | 2nd person | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܘܼܟ݂ (dēnārōḵ) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܵܟ݂ܝ (dēnārāḵ) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dēnārawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܵܐ (dēnārā) | 3rd person | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܹܗ (dēnārēh) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܵܗ̇ (dēnārāh) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܗܘܿܢ (dēnārhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܝܼܢ (dēnārīn) | 1st person | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܝܼ (dēnārī) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܲܢ (dēnāran) | |||
| construct | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܲܝ (dēnāray) | 2nd person | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (dēnārōḵ) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (dēnārāḵ) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dēnārawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܹܝܢܵܪܹ̈ܐ (dēnārē) | 3rd person | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (dēnārūh) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (dēnārōh) | ܕܹܝܢܵܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (dēnārayhōn) | |||
See also
- ܦܘܼܠܣܵܐ (pulsā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Latin dēnārius, possibly via Ancient Greek δηνάριον (dēnárion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [de(j)nɑrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [de(j)nɑre] (plural)
Noun
ܕܝܢܪܐ • (dēnārā) m (plural ܕܝܢܪܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܝܢܪ | 1st person | ܕܝܢܪܝ | ܕܝܢܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܝܢܪ | 2nd person | ܕܝܢܪܟ | ܕܝܢܪܟܝ | ܕܝܢܪܟܘܢ | ܕܝܢܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܝܢܪܐ | 3rd person | ܕܝܢܪܗ | ܕܝܢܪܗ | ܕܝܢܪܗܘܢ | ܕܝܢܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܕܝܢܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܕܝܢܪܝ | ܕܝܢܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܝܢܪܝ | 2nd person | ܕܝܢܪܝܟ | ܕܝܢܪܝܟܝ | ܕܝܢܪܝܟܘܢ | ܕܝܢܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܝܢܪܐ | 3rd person | ܕܝܢܪܘܗܝ | ܕܝܢܪܝܗ | ܕܝܢܪܝܗܘܢ | ܕܝܢܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Arabic: دِينار (dīnār) (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dynʾl /dēnār/)
References
- “dynr”, 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 63b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 91a
- 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 297b