ܠܝܛܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܠܝܛܪܐ, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra), the sense of “litre” is a semantic loan from French litre.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [liːtˤrɑː]
Noun
ܠܝܼܛܪܵܐ • (līṭrā) m sg (plural ܠܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ (līṭrē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܝܼܛܲܪ (līṭar) | 1st person | ܠܝܼܛܪܝܼ (līṭrī) | ܠܝܼܛܪܲܢ (līṭran) | |||
| construct | ܠܝܼܛܲܪ (līṭar) | 2nd person | ܠܝܼܛܪܘܼܟ݂ (līṭrōḵ) | ܠܝܼܛܪܵܟ݂ܝ (līṭrāḵ) | ܠܝܼܛܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (līṭrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܝܼܛܪܵܐ (līṭrā) | 3rd person | ܠܝܼܛܪܹܗ (līṭrēh) | ܠܝܼܛܪܵܗ̇ (līṭrāh) | ܠܝܼܛܪܗܘܿܢ (līṭrhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܝܼܢ (līṭrīn) | 1st person | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܝܼ (līṭrī) | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܲܢ (līṭran) | |||
| construct | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܲܝ (līṭray) | 2nd person | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (līṭrōḵ) | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (līṭrāḵ) | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (līṭrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ (līṭrē) | 3rd person | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (līṭrūh) | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (līṭrōh) | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (līṭrayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܪܝܛܠܐ (rīṭlā)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [litˤrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [litˤre] (plural)
Noun
ܠܝܛܪܐ • (līṭrā) m (plural ܠܝܛܪܐ (līṭrē))
Usage notes
- While this word is normally considered masculine, it may occasionally be feminine.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܝܛܪ | 1st person | ܠܝܛܪܝ | ܠܝܛܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܝܛܪ | 2nd person | ܠܝܛܪܟ | ܠܝܛܪܟܝ | ܠܝܛܪܟܘܢ | ܠܝܛܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܝܛܪܐ | 3rd person | ܠܝܛܪܗ | ܠܝܛܪܗ | ܠܝܛܪܗܘܢ | ܠܝܛܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܠܝܛܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܠܝܛܪܝ | ܠܝܛܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܝܛܪܝ | 2nd person | ܠܝܛܪܝܟ | ܠܝܛܪܝܟܝ | ܠܝܛܪܝܟܘܢ | ܠܝܛܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܝܛܪܐ | 3rd person | ܠܝܛܪܘܗܝ | ܠܝܛܪܝܗ | ܠܝܛܪܝܗܘܢ | ܠܝܛܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “lyṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ryṭlˀ”, 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 172a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 241b
- 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 688b