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 • (dərāʿā) m (plural ܕܪܥܐ)
- (anatomy) arm, upper arm; elbow; shoulder
- forequarter
- cubit, ell
- sleeve
- armrest, side brace
- 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
| 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