ܚܙܝܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܚܙܘܪܬܐ

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒄷𒆰𒌈 (ḫuzīrtu), Arabic خِنْزِيرَة (ḵinzīra), and Hebrew חֲזִירָה (ḥăzîrâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)zirtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)zirɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܚܙܝܪܬܐ • (ħzīrtā) f (plural ܚܙܝܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܙܝܪܐ)

  1. pig, swine, sow
  2. (pathology, in the plural) scrofula

Inflection

References

  • ḥzyrh”, 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 101b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 136b
  • 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 439b
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