ܐܡܝܪܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܐ ܡ ܪ (ˀ m r)
5 terms

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr)

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܐ (amīrām (plural ܐܲܡܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (amīrē) or ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (amīrānē), feminine ܐܲܡܝܼܪܬܵܐ (amīrtā))

  1. emir
  2. prince
    Synonyms: ܒܲܪ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ (bar malkā), ܫܵܗܙܵܕ݂ܵܐ (šāhzāḏā)
  3. (military) commander
    Synonyms: ܪܲܒ݂ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ (raḇ ḥaylā), ܦܵܩܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (pāqōḏā), ܐܲܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (aḥīḏā)
Inflection
    Inflection of ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܐ (amīrā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܐܲܡܝܼܪܝܼ
(amīrī)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪܲܢ
(amīran)
construct ܐܲܡܝܼܪ
(amīr)
2nd person ܐܲܡܝܼܪܘܼܟ݂
(amīrūḵ)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܟ݂ܝ
(amīrāḵ)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(amīrāwḵōn)
emphatic ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܐ
(amīrā)
3rd person ܐܲܡܝܼܪܹܗ
(amīrēh)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪܵܗ̇
(amīrāh)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ
(amīrhōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܝܼ
(amīrī)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܲܢ
(amīran)
construct ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܲܝ
(amīray)
2nd person ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂
(amīrūḵ)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ
(amīrāḵ)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(amīrāwḵōn)
emphatic ܐܲܡܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ
(amīrē)
3rd person ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ
(amīrūh)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(amīrōh)
ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܗܘܿܢ
(amīrhōn)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܵܐ (mīrā) (feminine ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܬܵܐ (mīrtā), plural ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (mīrē))

  1. past participle of ܐܵܡܹܪ (āmēr, to say)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr). The plural form ܐܡܝܪܐܢ (ʾămīrān) is influenced by Persian امیران (amirân), plural form of امیر (amir).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܡܝܪܐ (ʾămīrāʾm (plural ܐܡܝܪܢܐ or ܐܡܝܪܐܢ or ܐܡܝܪܐ)

  1. emir, prince, prefect, commander

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: ամիրայ (amiray)

References

  • ˀmyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-21
  • 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. 19b
  • 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. 55a-b