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 needed) m (plural ܙܪܥܝܬܐ or ܙܪܥܬܐ or ܙܪܥܐ)
- seed, grain
- semen, sperm
- sowing
- field
- young or immature offspring; egg, nestling
- family, offspring, race
- (in the plural) descendants
- 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
| 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
- ܒܝܬ ܙܪܥܐ
- ܒܙܪܐ
Etymology 2
From the root ܙ ܪ ܥ related to sowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [z(ə)rɑʕɑ]
Noun
ܙܪܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)
Inflection
| 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