ܙܪܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܙ ܪ ܥ related to sowing, from Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Compare Akkadian 𒆰 (zērum), Arabic زَرْع (zarʕ), and Hebrew זֶרַע (zéraʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zarʕɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zarʕe], [zarʕɑθɑ], [zarʕ(ə)jɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܙܪܥܐ • (transliteration neededm (plural ܙܪܥܝܬܐ or ܙܪܥܬܐ or ܙܪܥܐ)

  1. seed, grain
  2. semen, sperm
  3. sowing
  4. field
  5. young or immature offspring; egg, nestling
  6. family, offspring, race
  7. (in the plural) descendants
  8. lineage, bloodline
Usage notes

The plural ܙܪܥܬܐ (zarʿāṯā) is used for the sense of "field", the plural ܙܪܥܝܬܐ (zarʿəjāṯā) is used for the sense of "descendant", and the plural ܙܪܥܐ (zarʿē) is used for other senses.

Inflection
Inflection of ܙܪܥܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܙܪܥ 1st person ܙܪܥܝ ܙܪܥܢ
construct ܙܪܥ 2nd person ܙܪܥܟ ܙܪܥܟܝ ܙܪܥܟܘܢ ܙܪܥܟܝܢ
emphatic 3rd person ܙܪܥܗ ܙܪܥܗ ܙܪܥܗܘܢ ܙܪܥܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܙܪܥܢ ,ܙܪܥܝܢ 1st person ܙܪܥܝܬܝ ,ܙܪܥܬܝ ,ܙܪܥܝ ܙܪܥܝܬܢ ,ܙܪܥܬܢ ,ܙܪܥܝܢ
construct ܙܪܥܝܬ ,ܙܪܥܬ ,ܙܪܥܝ 2nd person ܙܪܥܝܬܟ ,ܙܪܥܬܟ ,ܙܪܥܝܟ ܙܪܥܝܬܟܝ ,ܙܪܥܬܟܝ ,ܙܪܥܝܟܝ ܙܪܥܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܙܪܥܬܟܘܢ ,ܙܪܥܝܟܘܢ ܙܪܥܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܙܪܥܬܟܝܢ ,ܙܪܥܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܙܪܥܝܬܐ ,ܙܪܥܬܐ , 3rd person ܙܪܥܝܬܗ ,ܙܪܥܬܗ ,ܙܪܥܘܗܝ ܙܪܥܝܬܗ ,ܙܪܥܬܗ ,ܙܪܥܝܗ ܙܪܥܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܙܪܥܬܗܘܢ ,ܙܪܥܝܗܘܢ ܙܪܥܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܙܪܥܬܗܝܢ ,ܙܪܥܝܗܝܢ
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the root ܙ ܪ ܥ related to sowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [z(ə)rɑʕɑ]

Noun

ܙܪܥܐ • (transliteration neededm(uncountable)

  1. sowing
  2. dispersion
Inflection
Inflection of ܙܪܥܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܙܪܥ 1st person ܙܪܥܝ ܙܪܥܢ
construct ܙܪܥ 2nd person ܙܪܥܟ ܙܪܥܟܝ ܙܪܥܟܘܢ ܙܪܥܟܝܢ
emphatic ܙܪܥܐ 3rd person ܙܪܥܗ ܙܪܥܗ ܙܪܥܗܘܢ ܙܪܥܗܝܢ

References

  • zrˁ”, 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 92b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 121a–b
  • 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 400a