ܕܟܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Root
ܕ ܟ ܪ (d k r)
4 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic דִּכְרָא (diḵrā), from Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man; male; phallus”); compare Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar), Hebrew זָכָר (zakhár) and Akkadian 𒍑 (zikarum). In some dialects this word, if not replaced by a loan word, has become limited to the senses of “male” or “ram”.

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈdɪx.rɑː]
  • (Gawar) IPA(key): [ˈdax.ra]

Noun

ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ • (diḵrā) m sg (plural ܕܸܟ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (diḵrē), feminine ܢܸܩܒܬ݂ܵܐ (niqbṯā))

  1. male
  2. (anatomy) penis
  3. ram (male sheep)
    Synonyms: ܒܵܪܵܢܵܐ (bārānā), ܟܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ (kiḇšā)
  4. (uncountable) arsenic

Inflection
Inflection of ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ (diḵrā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܕܸܟ݂ܪܝܼ
(diḵrī)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪܲܢ
(diḵran)
construct ܕܟ݂ܲܪ
(dḵar)		 2nd person ܕܸܟ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂
(diḵrūḵ)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܟ݂ܝ
(diḵrāḵ)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(diḵrāwḵōn)
emphatic ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ
(diḵrā)		 3rd person ܕܸܟ݂ܪܹܗ
(diḵrēh)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪܘܿܗ̇
(diḵrōh)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ
(diḵrhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܕܸܟ݂ܪ̈ܝܼ
(diḵrī)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪ̈ܲܢ
(diḵran)
construct ܕܸܟ݂ܪ̈ܲܝ
(diḵray)		 2nd person ܕܸܟ݂ܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂
(diḵrūḵ)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ
(diḵrāḵ)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪ̈ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(diḵrāwḵōn)
emphatic ܕܸܟ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ
(diḵrē)		 3rd person ܕܸܟ݂ܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ
(diḵrūh)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(diḵrōh)		 ܕܸܟ݂ܪ̈ܗܘܿܢ
(diḵrhōn)

Derived terms
  • ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܢܵܝܵܐ (diḵrānāyā, “male, masculine”)
  • ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (diḵrānāˀīṯ, “in a masculine way, in the masculine gender”)
  • ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (diḵrānāyūtā, “masculinity”)

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man; male; phallus”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈdɛx.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈdɪx.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈdɛx.ro]

Noun

ܕܟܪܐ • (deḵrā) m (plural ܕܟܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܩܒܬܐ (neqbəṯā))

  1. male, man
    • Peshitta, Mark 10:6:
      ܡܢ ܒܪܫܝܬ ܕܝܢ. ܕܟܪܐ ܘܢܩܒܬܐ ܥܒܕ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܠܗܐ.
      men bərāšīṯ dên, deḵrā wə-neqbəṯā ʿəḇaḏ ʾennōn ʾălāhā.
      But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’
  2. (anatomy) penis
  3. (in the plural, anatomy) male genitalia
  4. ram (male sheep)
  5. (uncountable) arsenic

Inflection
    inflection of ܕܟܪܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܕܟܪ ܕܟܪܝܢ
construct ܕܟܪ ܕܟܪܝ
emphatic ܕܟܪܐ ܕܟܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܕܟܪܝ ܕܟܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܕܟܪܟ ܕܟܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܕܟܪܟܝ ܕܟܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܕܟܪܗ ܕܟܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܕܟܪܗ ܕܟܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܕܟܪܢ ܕܟܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܕܟܪܟܘܢ ܕܟܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܕܟܪܟܝܢ ܕܟܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܕܟܪܗܘܢ ܕܟܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܕܟܪܗܝܢ ܕܟܪܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

References
  • “dkr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-05
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 64b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 92a
  • 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, page 302b

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic דכרא

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /daxro/ (singular)
  • IPA(key): /daxre/(plural)

Noun

ܕܰܟ݂ܪܳܐ • (daxro) m (plural ܕܰܟ݂ܪܶܐ (daxre))

  1. penis
    Synonyms: ܛܷܪܪܷܟܶܐ (ṭërrëke), ܫ̰ܷܢܢܺܝܟܶܐ (čënnīke). (informal)
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