ܡܥܪܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܘ-ܪ (ʿ-w-r). Compare Arabic مَغَارَة (maḡāra) and Hebrew מְעָרָה (məʿārâ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܥܲܪܬܼܵܐ (mʿarṯāf (plural ܡܥܪܐ)

  1. cave, cavern, den, hollow
  2. prison cell

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܥܪܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܥܪܐ 1st person ܡܥܪܬܝ ܡܥܪܬܢ
construct ܡܥܪܬ 2nd person ܡܥܪܬܟ ܡܥܪܬܟܝ ܡܥܪܬܟܝܢ ܡܥܪܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܥܪܬܐ 3rd person ܡܥܪܬܗ ܡܥܪܬܗ ܡܥܪܬܗܘܢ ܡܥܪܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܥܪܝܢ 1st person ܡܥܪܝ ܡܥܪܝܢ
construct ܡܥܪܝ 2nd person ܡܥܪܝܟ ܡܥܪܝܟܝ ܡܥܪܝܟܘܢ ܡܥܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܥܪܐ 3rd person ܡܥܪܘܗܝ ܡܥܪܝܗ ܡܥܪܝܗܘܢ ܡܥܪܝܗܝܢ

Alternative forms

References

  • mˁrh”, 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, p. 262b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a
  • 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. 805b