ܫܘܪܛܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܫ ܪ ܛ (š r ṭ) |
| 3 terms |
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Arabic شُرْطَة (šurṭa), itself ultimately from a phono-semantic matching of Latin cohors (“cohort, bodyguard”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃur.tˤɑː]
Noun
ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ • (šurṭā) m (collective, singulative ܫܘܼܪܛܵܝܵܐ (šurṭāyā), plural ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܹܐ (šurṭē))
- royal guard, city watchman
- Praetorian
- (modern) police, policemen
- ܩܪܝܼ ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ! ― qrī šurṭā ādīyā! ― Call the police now!
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܘܿܪܛ (šōrṭ) | 1st person | ܫܘܼܪܛܝܼ (šurṭī) | ܫܘܼܪܛܲܢ (šurṭan) | |||
| construct | ܫܘܿܪܛ (šōrṭ) | 2nd person | ܫܘܼܪܛܘܼܟ݂ (šurṭōḵ) | ܫܘܼܪܛܵܟ݂ܝ (šurṭāḵ) | ܫܘܼܪܛܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šurṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ (šurṭā) | 3rd person | ܫܘܼܪܛܹܗ (šurṭēh) | ܫܘܼܪܛܵܗ̇ (šurṭāh) | ܫܘܼܪܛܗܘܿܢ (šurṭhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܝܼܢ (šurṭīn) | 1st person | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܝܼ (šurṭī) | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܲܢ (šurṭan) | |||
| construct | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܲܝ (šurṭay) | 2nd person | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܘܼܟ݂ (šurṭōḵ) | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܵܟ݂ܝ (šurṭāḵ) | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šurṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܹܐ (šurṭē) | 3rd person | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܘܼܗܝ (šurṭūh) | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܘܼܗ̇ (šurṭōh) | ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܲܝܗܘܿܢ (šurṭayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ (bēṯ šurṭā, “police station”)
Related terms
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃurtˤɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʃurtˤe] (plural)
Noun
ܫܘܪܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܛܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܪܘܛ | 1st person | ܫܘܪܛܝ | ܫܘܪܛܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܪܘܛ | 2nd person | ܫܘܪܛܟ | ܫܘܪܛܟܝ | ܫܘܪܛܟܘܢ | ܫܘܪܛܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܫܘܪܛܗ | ܫܘܪܛܗ | ܫܘܪܛܗܘܢ | ܫܘܪܛܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܫܘܪܛܝܢ | 1st person | ܫܘܪܛܝ | ܫܘܪܛܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܘܪܛܝ | 2nd person | ܫܘܪܛܝܟ | ܫܘܪܛܝܟܝ | ܫܘܪܛܝܟܘܢ | ܫܘܪܛܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܫܘܪܛܘܗܝ | ܫܘܪܛܝܗ | ܫܘܪܛܝܗܘܢ | ܫܘܪܛܝܗܝܢ | |||
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃurtˤɑ]
Noun
ܫܘܪܛܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܘܪܛܝܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܘܪܛ | 1st person | ܫܘܪܛܝ | ܫܘܪܛܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܘܪܛ | 2nd person | ܫܘܪܛܟ | ܫܘܪܛܟܝ | ܫܘܪܛܟܘܢ | ܫܘܪܛܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܫܘܪܛܗ | ܫܘܪܛܗ | ܫܘܪܛܗܘܢ | ܫܘܪܛܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܫܘܪܛܝܢ | 1st person | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܝ | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܘܪܛܝܬ | 2nd person | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܟ | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܟܝ | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܟܘܢ | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܗ | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܗ | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܗܘܢ | ܫܘܪܛܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “šwrṭˀ”, 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 383b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 568b
- 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 1536a