ܡܪܥܝܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܪ ܥ ܐ related to grazing, from Proto-Semitic *r-ʿ-y. Compare Arabic مَرْعًى (marʕā) and Hebrew מִרְעֶה (mirʿê).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [marʕiθɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [marʕ(ə)jɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܡܪܥܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܪܥܝܬܐ)
- pasturing, grazing
- pasture
- flock, herd
- assembly, congregation, subjects
- (Christianity) diocese
- province
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܪܥܝ | 1st person | ܡܪܥܝܬܝ | ܡܪܥܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܪܥܝܬ | 2nd person | ܡܪܥܝܬܟ | ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝ | ܡܪܥܝܬܟܘܢ | ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܪܥܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܡܪܥܝܬܗ | ܡܪܥܝܬܗ | ܡܪܥܝܬܗܘܢ | ܡܪܥܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܪܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܪܥܝܬܝ | ܡܪܥܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܪܥܝܬ | 2nd person | ܡܪܥܝܬܟ | ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝ | ܡܪܥܝܬܟܘܢ | ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܪܥܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܡܪܥܝܬܗ | ܡܪܥܝܬܗ | ܡܪܥܝܬܗܘܢ | ܡܪܥܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “mrˁy”, 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 349b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 303a
- 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, pages 837a–b