ܡܣܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܡܐܣܪܐ
  • ܡܣܐܪܐ

Etymology

From the root ܢ ܣ ܪ related to sawing. Compare Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār) and Hebrew מַסּוֹר (massôr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [massɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [massɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܡܣܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܣܪܐ)

  1. saw
  2. sawfish (Pristidae spp.), dolphin
  3. (geography) mountain ridge, mountaintop

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܣܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܣܪ 1st person ܡܣܪܝ ܡܣܪܢ
construct ܡܣܪ 2nd person ܡܣܪܟ ܡܣܪܟܝ ܡܣܪܟܘܢ ܡܣܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܣܪܐ 3rd person ܡܣܪܗ ܡܣܪܗ ܡܣܪܗܘܢ ܡܣܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܣܪܝܢ 1st person ܡܣܪܝ ܡܣܪܝܢ
construct ܡܣܪܝ 2nd person ܡܣܪܝܟ ܡܣܪܝܟܝ ܡܣܪܝܟܘܢ ܡܣܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܣܪܐ 3rd person ܡܣܪܘܗܝ ܡܣܪܝܗ ܡܣܪܝܗܘܢ ܡܣܪܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “msr”, 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 207a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 286b
  • 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 795a
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