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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Traditionally thought to be a blend of ܐܡܬܐ (ʾamməṯā, “cubit; forearm”) and ܙܪܬܐ (zartā, “span; hand, fist”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܡܙܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܡܙܪܬܐ)
- dwarf, pygmy
Inflection
References
- “ˀmzrtˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-23
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 11b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 19a
- 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. 54b