ܫܝܪܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic שִּׁירָיָא (šīrāyā, “silk; a kind of silk garment”), from Chinese 絲 (MC si). Equivalent to being named after the people from whom silk was obtained, ܫܝܼܪ (šīr, “Seres, Northern China”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Mandaic ࡔࡉ࡚ࡓࡀࡉࡀ (/šērāyā/), Arabic سِيرَاء (sīrāʔ), Ge'ez ሢራይ (śiray) and Ancient Greek Σήρ (Sḗr).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃiːrɑːjɑː]
Noun
ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ • (šīrāyā) m (plural ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šīrāyē))
- silk
- Synonyms: ܐܲܒ݂ܪܝܼܫܘܼܡܵܐ (aḇrīšūmā), ܩܲܙܵܐ (qazzā), ܩܘܼܕ݂ܩܵܐ (quḏqā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܝܼܪܵܝ (šīrāy) | 1st person | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܝܼ (šīrāyī) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܲܢ (šīrāyan) | |||
| construct | ܫܝܼܪܵܝ (šīrāy) | 2nd person | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (šīrāyōḵ) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (šīrāyāḵ) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīrāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (šīrāyā) | 3rd person | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܹܗ (šīrāyēh) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܗ̇ (šīrāyāh) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܗܘܿܢ (šīrāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܝܼܢ (šīrāyīn) | 1st person | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܝܼ (šīrāyī) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܢ (šīrāyan) | |||
| construct | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܝ (šīrāyay) | 2nd person | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (šīrāyōḵ) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (šīrāyāḵ) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīrāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šīrāyē) | 3rd person | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܼܗܝ (šīrāyūh) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܼܗ̇ (šīrāyōh) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܝܗܘܿܢ (šīrāyayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- [Term?] (“silky”)
- ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܕܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (urḥā d-šīrāyā, “the Silk Road”)