ܫܘܐܠܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Compare Arabic سُؤَال (sūʔāl) and Hebrew שְׁאֵלָה (sh'elá).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃuʔʔaːlaː]
Noun
ܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ • (šūˀālā) m sg (plural ܫܘܼܐܵܠܹ̈ܐ (šūˀālē))
- question, inquiry, query
- Synonym: ܒܘܼܩܵܪܵܐ (buqqārā)
- ܐܝܼܬ ܠܝܼ ܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ ܩܵܬܘܼܟ݂. ― īt lī šūˀālā qātōḵ. ― I have a question for you.
- debate, case, topic
- interrogation, cross examination, questioning by torture
- (grammar) interrogative statement
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܘܼܐܵܠ (šūˀāl) | 1st person | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܝܼ (šūˀālī) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܲܢ (šūˀālan) | |||
| construct | ܫܘܼܐܵܠ (šūˀāl) | 2nd person | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܘܼܟ݂ (šūˀālōḵ) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܟ݂ܝ (šūˀālāḵ) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šūˀālawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (šūˀālā) | 3rd person | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܹܗ (šūˀālēh) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܗ̇ (šūˀālāh) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܗܘܿܢ (šūˀālhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܝܼ̈ܢ (šūˀālīn) | 1st person | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܝܼ̈ (šūˀālī) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܲܢ̈ (šūˀālan) | |||
| construct | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܲܝ̈ (šūˀālay) | 2nd person | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (šūˀālōḵ) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (šūˀālāḵ) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šūˀālawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܹ̈ܐ (šūˀālē) | 3rd person | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܘܼ̈ܗܝ (šūˀālūh) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (šūˀālōh) | ܫܘܼܐܵܠܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (šūˀālayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܫ ܐ ܠ |
| 3 terms |
Compare Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl) and Hebrew שְׁאֵלָה (šəʾēlâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃuʔʔɑlɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʃuʔʔɑle] (plural)
Noun
ܫܘܐܠܐ • (šūʔʔālā) m (plural ܫܘܐܠܐ (šūʔʔālē))
- petition, prayer
- question, inquiry, query
- debate, case, topic
- interrogation, cross examination, questioning by torture
- (grammar) interrogative sentence
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܘܐܠ | 1st person | ܫܘܐܠܝ | ܫܘܐܠܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܘܐܠ | 2nd person | ܫܘܐܠܟ | ܫܘܐܠܟܝ | ܫܘܐܠܟܘܢ | ܫܘܐܠܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܘܐܠܐ | 3rd person | ܫܘܐܠܗ | ܫܘܐܠܗ | ܫܘܐܠܗܘܢ | ܫܘܐܠܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܫܘܐܠܝܢ | 1st person | ܫܘܐܠܝ | ܫܘܐܠܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܘܐܠܝ | 2nd person | ܫܘܐܠܝܟ | ܫܘܐܠܝܟܝ | ܫܘܐܠܝܟܘܢ | ܫܘܐܠܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܘܐܠܐ | 3rd person | ܫܘܐܠܘܗܝ | ܫܘܐܠܝܗ | ܫܘܐܠܝܗܘܢ | ܫܘܐܠܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “šwˀl”, 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 356a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 562b
- 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 1517a