ܙܪܩܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܙܪܩܐ
Root
ܙ ܪ ܩ (z r q)
4 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic أَزْرَق (ʔazraq).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈzɑr.qɑː]

Adjective

ܙܲܪܩܵܐ • (zarqā) (feminine ܙܪܲܩܬܵܐ (zraqtā), plural ܙܲܪ̈ܩܹܐ (zarqē))

  1. bright, shining

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic أَزْرَق (ʔazraq).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈzɑr.qɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [zarqo]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [zarqa]

Adjective

ܙܪܩܐ • (zārqā) m (plural ܙܪܩܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܙܪܩܬܐ)

  1. blue, sky blue; pale green
  2. blue-eyed
  3. (by extension) bright

Inflection
    declension of ܙܪܩܐ
masculine singular plural
absolute ܙܪܩ ܙܪܩܝܢ
construct ܙܪܩ ܙܪܩܝ
emphatic ܙܪܩܐ ܙܪܩܐ
feminine singular plural
absolute ܙܪܩܐ ܙܪܩܢ
construct ܙܪܩܬ ܙܪܩܬ
emphatic ܙܪܩܬܐ ܙܪܩܬܐ

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • ܙܪܩܘܬܐ (zārqūṯā)

See also
  • ܐܙܪܩ (ʾazraq)
  • ܙܪܘܩܐ (zərōqā)
  • ܙܪܩܬܐ (zərāqtā)

References
  • “zrq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-04-13
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 92b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 121b
  • 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, p. 401a
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