ܕܪܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ); Hebrew זְרוֹעַ (zərṓaʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d(ə)rɑʕɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [d(ə)rɑʕe] (plural)

Noun

ܕܪܥܐ • (dərāʿām (plural ܕܪܥܐ)

  1. (anatomy) arm, upper arm; elbow; shoulder
  2. forequarter
  3. cubit, ell
  4. sleeve
  5. armrest, side brace
  6. first guest

Usage notes

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܪܥܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܕܪܥ 1st person ܕܪܥܝ ܕܪܥܢ
construct ܕܪܥ 2nd person ܕܪܥܟ ܕܪܥܟܝ ܕܪܥܟܘܢ ܕܪܥܟܝܢ
emphatic ܕܪܥܐ 3rd person ܕܪܥܗ ܕܪܥܗ ܕܪܥܗܘܢ ܕܪܥܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܕܪܥܝܢ 1st person ܕܪܥܝ ܕܪܥܝܢ
construct ܕܪܥܝ 2nd person ܕܪܥܝܟ ܕܪܥܝܟܝ ܕܪܥܝܟܘܢ ܕܪܥܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܕܪܥܐ 3rd person ܕܪܥܘܗܝ ܕܪܥܝܗ ܕܪܥܝܗܘܢ ܕܪܥܝܗܝܢ

References

  • drˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 12 September 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 71a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 98a
  • 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 324b