ܫܘܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic سُور (sūr) and Hebrew שׁוּר (šûr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃure(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܐ)

  1. wall, fortification, bulwark, rampart, defence/defense
Inflection
See also
  • ܫܘܪܬܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܘ-ܪ (š-w-r) related to leaping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃurrɑ(ʔ)], [ʃ(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃurre(ʔ)], [ʃ(ə)wɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܐ)

  1. pulley
  2. axle, axletree
  3. leather bucket of a noria
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܪ (š-r-r) related to firmness. Compare Arabic سُرّ (surr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃurrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃurre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܐ)

  1. (anatomy) navel, umbilical cord
  2. chain
  3. pureblooded race
Inflection
See also

Etymology 4

Ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, Assur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃurɑ(ʔ)]

Proper noun

ܫܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f

  1. Assyria
Derived terms
See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃawrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃawre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܫܒܪܐ
Inflection

References

  • šwr”, 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, pp. 364a, 381a, 419b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 568a-b
  • 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. 1535b
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