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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *namir-.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܢܡܪܐ • (nemrā) m (plural ܢܡܪܐ (nemrē), singular feminine counterpart ܢܡܪܬܐ (nemrəṯā, nəmarəṯā))
- leopard
- Synonym: ܦܪܕܝܢ
- Peshitta, Jeremiah 13:23:
ܘܐܝܟ ܕܠܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܗܢܕܘܝܐ ܕܢܫܚܠܦ ܡܫܟܗ: ܘܢܡܪܐ ܟܟ̈ܠܬܗ: ܘܐܦ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܠܡܛܐܒܘ: ܡܛܠ ܕܝܠܦܬܘܢ ܒܝܫܬܐ.- wə-ʾāḵ də-lā meškaḥ hendəwāyā ḏa-nəšaḥlep̄ meškēh, wə-nemrā ḵāḵəlāṯēh, wə-ʾāp̄ ʾatōn lā meškəḥīn ʾatōn lə-maṭʾāḇū, meṭṭol də-ʾīlep̄tōn bīštā.
- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
- (in the plural) Asherah poles
Inflection
References
- “nmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-24
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 205b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 341a
- 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 922b