ܙܡܪܓܕܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܐܙܡܪܓܕܐ
- ܐܣܡܪܓܕܐ
- ܙܡܪܓܕܘܣ
- ܣܡܪܓܕܐ
Etymology
From a Semitic language, via Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos). Doublet of ܒܪܩܐ, which was borrowed directly from Hebrew. Both ultimately derive from Proto-Semitic *bariq- (“lightning”); compare Arabic بَرْق (barq), Hebrew בָּרָק (bārāq).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [z(ə)marraɣdɑ], [z(ə)mɑrɡɑðɑ], [z(ə)marɡɑðɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [z(ə)marraɣde] (plural)
Noun
ܙܡܪܓܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܡܪܓܕܐ)
- emerald
- Synonym: ܟܐܦܐ ܢܗܪܝܬܐ
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܡܪܓܕ | 1st person | ܙܡܪܓܕܝ | ܙܡܪܓܕܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܡܪܓܕ | 2nd person | ܙܡܪܓܕܟ | ܙܡܪܓܕܟܝ | ܙܡܪܓܕܟܘܢ | ܙܡܪܓܕܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܡܪܓܕܐ | 3rd person | ܙܡܪܓܕܗ | ܙܡܪܓܕܗ | ܙܡܪܓܕܗܘܢ | ܙܡܪܓܕܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܡܪܓܕܝ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܡܪܓܕܝ | 2nd person | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܝ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܘܢ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܡܪܓܕܐ | 3rd person | ܙܡܪܓܕܘܗܝ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗܘܢ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “zmrgd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 17 April 2013
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 231b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 118a
- 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 387a