ܟܪܥܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܟ ܪ ܥ (k r ˁ) |
| 1 term |
Inherited from Aramaic כַּרְעָא (karʿā). In some dialects possibly borrowed from Northern Kurdish kere or Persian كَرِه (kare).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [karʕaː]
- (Barwari) IPA(key): [karra]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [kara]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [t͡ʃarraː]
Noun
ܟܲܪܥܵܐ • (karˁā) m (uncountable)
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܪܲܥ (kraˁ) | 1st person | ܟܲܪܥܝܼ (karˁī) | ܟܲܪܥܲܢ (karˁan) | |||
| construct | ܟܪܲܥ (kraˁ) | 2nd person | ܟܲܪܥܘܼܟ݂ (karˁōḵ) | ܟܲܪܥܵܟ݂ܝ (karˁāḵ) | ܟܲܪܥܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (karˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܲܪܥܵܐ (karˁā) | 3rd person | ܟܲܪܥܹܗ (karˁēh) | ܟܲܪܥܵܗ̇ (karˁāh) | ܟܲܪܥܗܘܿܢ (karˁhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k(ə)rɑʕɑ], [kɑrʕɑ], [karʕɑ]
Noun
ܟܪܥܐ • (kərāʿā, kārʿā, karʿā) m(uncountable)
- breastmilk (especially colostrum, first milk)
- coagulated milk
- butter
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܪܥ | 1st person | ܟܪܥܝ | ܟܪܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܪܥ | 2nd person | ܟܪܥܟ | ܟܪܥܟܝ | ܟܪܥܟܘܢ | ܟܪܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܪܥܐ | 3rd person | ܟܪܥܗ | ܟܪܥܗ | ܟܪܥܗܘܢ | ܟܪܥܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Compare Arabic كُرَاع (kurāʕ) and Hebrew כֶּרַע (kéraʿ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k(ə)rɑʕɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [k(ə)rɑʕe] (plural)
Noun
ܟܪܥܐ • (kərāʿā) f (plural ܟܪܥܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܪܥ | 1st person | ܟܪܥܝ | ܟܪܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܪܥ | 2nd person | ܟܪܥܟ | ܟܪܥܟܝ | ܟܪܥܟܘܢ | ܟܪܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܪܥܐ | 3rd person | ܟܪܥܗ | ܟܪܥܗ | ܟܪܥܗܘܢ | ܟܪܥܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܪܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܪܥܝ | ܟܪܥܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܪܥܝ | 2nd person | ܟܪܥܝܟ | ܟܪܥܝܟܝ | ܟܪܥܝܟܘܢ | ܟܪܥܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܪܥܐ | 3rd person | ܟܪܥܘܗܝ | ܟܪܥܝܗ | ܟܪܥܝܗܘܢ | ܟܪܥܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “krˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 20 October 2011
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 163b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 228b
- 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 656b