ܙܪܢܝܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Chemical element
As
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Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic [Term?], from Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Median *zaraniyakā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-; compare Arabic زِرْنِيخ (zirnīḵ) and Persian زرنی (zarni, orpiment).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [zarniːxɑː]

Noun

ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ • (zarnīḵām

  1. arsenic (a toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33)

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ (zarnīḵ) 1st person ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܝܼ (zarnīḵī) ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܲܢ (zarnīḵan)
construct ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ (zarnīḵ) 2nd person ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (zarnīḵōḵ) ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (zarnīḵāḵ) ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zarnīḵawḵōn)
emphatic ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (zarnīḵā) 3rd person ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܹܗ (zarnīḵēh) ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܗ̇ (zarnīḵāh) ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܗܘܿܢ (zarnīḵhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Median *zaraniyakā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Compare Arabic زِرْنِيخ (zirnīḵ) and Hebrew זַרְנִיךְ (zarnîḵ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zarnixɑ]

Noun

ܙܪܢܝܟܐ • (zarnīḵām(uncountable)

  1. arsenic
    Synonym: ܐܪܣܢܝܩܘܢ (ʔarsenniqōn)
  2. orpiment

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܪܢܝܟܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܙܪܢܝܟ 1st person ܙܪܢܝܟܝ ܙܪܢܝܟܢ
construct ܙܪܢܝܟ 2nd person ܙܪܢܝܟܟ ܙܪܢܝܟܟܝ ܙܪܢܝܟܟܘܢ ܙܪܢܝܟܟܝܢ
emphatic ܙܪܢܝܟܐ 3rd person ܙܪܢܝܟܗ ܙܪܢܝܟܗ ܙܪܢܝܟܗܘܢ ܙܪܢܝܟܗܝܢ

References

  • zrnyk”, 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 92a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 121a
  • 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 399b