ܦܥܪܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the root ܦ ܥ ܪ related to gaping; compare Arabic فَغْر (faḡr), Hebrew פַּעַר (páʿar).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈpɛʕ.rɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈpaʕ.rɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈfeʕ.ro]
Based on regular sound changes, the Eastern pronunciation differs from the expected *[ˈpɪʕ.rɑ].
Noun
ܦܥܪܐ • (peʿrā) m (plural ܦܥܪܐ (peʿrē))
- cave, cavern
- Peshitta, Hebrews 11:38:
- ܐܢܫܐ ܕܠܐ ܫܘܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܥܠܡܐ. ܘܗܘܘ ܐܝܟ ܛܥܝ̈ܐ ܒܚܘܪܒܐ. ܘܒܛܘܪ̈ܐ. ܘܒܡܥܪ̈ܐ. ܘܒܦܥܪ̈ܝܗܿ ܕܐܪܥܐ.
- [ʾĕ]nāšā ḏə-lā šāwē [hə]wā ləhōn ʿālmā, wa-həwaw ʾāḵ ṭāʿayyā ḇə-ḥurbā, wa-ḇə-ṭūrē, wə-ḇa-məʿarəʿē, wa-ḇə-p̄eʿrēh ḏə-ʾarʿā
- (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
- Peshitta, Hebrews 11:38:
- chasm, gap, cleft
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܥܪ | 1st person | ܦܥܪܝ | ܦܥܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܥܪ | 2nd person | ܦܥܪܟ | ܦܥܪܟܝ | ܦܥܪܟܘܢ | ܦܥܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܥܪܐ | 3rd person | ܦܥܪܗ | ܦܥܪܗ | ܦܥܪܗܘܢ | ܦܥܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܦܥܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܦܥܪܝ | ܦܥܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܥܪܝ | 2nd person | ܦܥܪܝܟ | ܦܥܪܝܟܝ | ܦܥܪܝܟܘܢ | ܦܥܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܥܪܐ | 3rd person | ܦܥܪܘܗܝ | ܦܥܪܝܗ | ܦܥܪܝܗܘܢ | ܦܥܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
From the root ܦ ܥ ܪ related to gaping.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [p(ə.)ˈʕɑ.rɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈpʕɑ.rɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈfʕo.ro]
Noun
ܦܥܪܐ • (pəʿārā) m(uncountable)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܥܪ | 1st person | ܦܥܪܝ | ܦܥܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܥܪ | 2nd person | ܦܥܪܟ | ܦܥܪܟܝ | ܦܥܪܟܘܢ | ܦܥܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܥܪܐ | 3rd person | ܦܥܪܗ | ܦܥܪܗ | ܦܥܪܗܘܢ | ܦܥܪܗܝܢ | ||
See also
- ܦܘܥܪܐ (pūʿʿārā)
Etymology 3
Likely from Arabic فَاغِرَة (fāḡira).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈpɑ.ʕ(ə.)rɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈpɑ.ʕrɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈfo.ʕro]
Noun
ܦܥܪܐ • (pāʿərā, pāʿrā) m (plural ܦܥܪܐ (pāʿərē, pāʿrē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܥܪ | 1st person | ܦܥܪܝ | ܦܥܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܥܪ | 2nd person | ܦܥܪܟ | ܦܥܪܟܝ | ܦܥܪܟܘܢ | ܦܥܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܥܪܐ | 3rd person | ܦܥܪܗ | ܦܥܪܗ | ܦܥܪܗܘܢ | ܦܥܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܦܥܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܦܥܪܝ | ܦܥܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܥܪܝ | 2nd person | ܦܥܪܝܟ | ܦܥܪܝܟܝ | ܦܥܪܝܟܘܢ | ܦܥܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܥܪܐ | 3rd person | ܦܥܪܘܗܝ | ܦܥܪܝܗ | ܦܥܪܝܗܘܢ | ܦܥܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “pˁr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 24 January 2012
- “pˁr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 16 June 2021
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 283a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 453b
- 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 1217b