ܣܘܥܪܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܣ ܥ ܪ (s ˁ r) |
| 4 terms |
From the verb ܣܵܥܹܪ (sāˁēr) of the noun pattern 1u23ānā. With the original sense of “visitation” later coming to mean “action" as a calque of Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [suʕ.rɑːnɑː]
Noun
ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܵܐ • (suˁrānā) m (plural ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (suˁrānē))
- action, activity; deed, work
- (drama) act
- (grammar) verb
- Synonym: ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ (milṯā)
- (archaic) visitation, visiting; inspection
- Synonym: ܣܘܼܚܒܵܪܵܐ (suḥbārā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢ (suˁrān) | 1st person | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܝܼ (suˁrānī) | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܲܢ (suˁrānan) | |||
| construct | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢ (suˁrān) | 2nd person | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (suˁrānōḵ) | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (suˁrānāḵ) | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (suˁrānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܵܐ (suˁrānā) | 3rd person | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܹܗ (suˁrānēh) | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܵܗ̇ (suˁrānāh) | ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܗܘܿܢ (suˁrānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܝܼܢ (suˁrānīn) | 1st person | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܝܼ (suˁrānī) | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܲܢ (suˁrānan) | |||
| construct | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܲܝ (suˁrānay) | 2nd person | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (suˁrānōḵ) | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (suˁrānāḵ) | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (suˁrānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (suˁrānē) | 3rd person | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܘܼܗܝ (suˁrānūh) | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܘܼܗ̇ (suˁrānōh) | ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܲܝܗܘܿܢ (suˁrānayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܗܘܼܦܵܟ݂ ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܵܐ (hūpāḵ suˁrānā, “reaction”)
- ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ ܕܫܠܝܼ̈ܚܹܐ (suˁrānē dšlīḥē, “Acts of the Apostles”)
- ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ ܠܘܼܕܵܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (suˁrānē lūdārāyē, “acrobatics”)
- ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܵܐ ܟܸܣܦܵܢܵܝܵܐ (suˁrānā kispānāyā, “transaction”)
- ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܵܝܵܐ (suˁrānāyā, “actual, practical, pragmatic; transactional”)
- ܫܸܡ ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܵܐ (šim suˁrānā, “verbal noun”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܣ ܥ ܪ related to visiting. The sense of "action" is a calque of Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [suʕrɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [suʕrɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܣܘܥܪܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܘܥܪܢܐ)
- visitation, visiting
- act, action, activity, deed, work
- occurrence, event, effect
- things, goods, possessions, resources
- fact, reality
- affair, business
- administration, office, diocese, function
- inspection
- assistance
- affliction of punishment
- denotation, literal meaning
- category
- abstract
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܘܥܪܢ | 1st person | ܣܘܥܪܢܝ | ܣܘܥܪܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܘܥܪܢ | 2nd person | ܣܘܥܪܢܟ | ܣܘܥܪܢܟܝ | ܣܘܥܪܢܟܘܢ | ܣܘܥܪܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܘܥܪܢܐ | 3rd person | ܣܘܥܪܢܗ | ܣܘܥܪܢܗ | ܣܘܥܪܢܗܘܢ | ܣܘܥܪܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܘܥܪܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܣܘܥܪܢܝ | ܣܘܥܪܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܘܥܪܢܝ | 2nd person | ܣܘܥܪܢܝܟ | ܣܘܥܪܢܝܟܝ | ܣܘܥܪܢܝܟܘܢ | ܣܘܥܪܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܘܥܪܢܐ | 3rd person | ܣܘܥܪܢܘܗܝ | ܣܘܥܪܢܝܗ | ܣܘܥܪܢܝܗܘܢ | ܣܘܥܪܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “swˁrn”, 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, pages 232b–233a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 369a
- 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 986b–987a