ܙܘܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ ܘ ܪ related to holding.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [z(ə)wɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [z(ə)wɑre], [z(ə)wɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܙܘܪܐ • (transliteration neededm (plural ܙܘܪܬܐ or ܙܘܪܐ)

  1. fist
  2. (anatomy) palm, hollow of the hand
    Synonym: ܟܦܐ
  3. fistful, handful
  4. blow, slap
  5. hand, power
  6. cudgel, club

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܘܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܙܘܪ 1st person ܙܘܪܝ ܙܘܪܢ
construct ܙܘܪ 2nd person ܙܘܪܟ ܙܘܪܟܝ ܙܘܪܟܘܢ ܙܘܪܟܝܢ
emphatic 3rd person ܙܘܪܗ ܙܘܪܗ ܙܘܪܗܘܢ ܙܘܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܙܘܪܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܢ 1st person ܙܘܪܬܝ ,ܙܘܪܝ ܙܘܪܬܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܢ
construct ܙܘܪܬ ,ܙܘܪܝ 2nd person ܙܘܪܬܟ ,ܙܘܪܝܟ ܙܘܪܬܟܝ ,ܙܘܪܝܟܝ ܙܘܪܬܟܘܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܟܘܢ ܙܘܪܬܟܝܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܙܘܪܬܐ , 3rd person ܙܘܪܬܗ ,ܙܘܪܘܗܝ ܙܘܪܬܗ ,ܙܘܪܝܗ ܙܘܪܬܗܘܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܗܘܢ ܙܘܪܬܗܝܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܗܝܢ

References

  • zwr”, 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 87a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 114b
  • 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 375b–376a