ܢܡܪܐ
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ܢܡܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic נִמְרָא (nimrā), from Proto-Semitic *namir-; compare Arabic نَمِر (namir), Hebrew נָמֵר (namér) and Akkadian 𒊊𒌉 (nimrum).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܢܸܡܪܵܐ • (nimrā) m (plural ܢܸܡܪܹ̈ܐ (nimrē), feminine ܢܸܡܪܬ݂ܵܐ (nimrṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܡܲܪ (nmar) | 1st person | ܢܸܡܪܝܼ (nimrī) | ܢܸܡܪܲܢ (nimran) | |||
| construct | ܢܡܲܪ (nmar) | 2nd person | ܢܸܡܪܘܼܟ݂ (nimrōḵ) | ܢܸܡܪܵܟ݂ܝ (nimrāḵ) | ܢܸܡܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nimrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܸܡܪܵܐ (nimrā) | 3rd person | ܢܸܡܪܹܗ (nimrēh) | ܢܸܡܪܵܗ̇ (nimrāh) | ܢܸܡܪܗܘܿܢ (nimrhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܝܼܢ (nimrīn) | 1st person | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܝܼ (nimrī) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܲܢ (nimran) | |||
| construct | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܲܝ (nimray) | 2nd person | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (nimrōḵ) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (nimrāḵ) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nimrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܢܸܡܪܹ̈ܐ (nimrē) | 3rd person | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (nimrūh) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (nimrōh) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (nimrayhōn) | |||
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
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܡܪ | 1st person | ܢܡܪܝ | ܢܡܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܡܪ | 2nd person | ܢܡܪܟ | ܢܡܪܟܝ | ܢܡܪܟܘܢ | ܢܡܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܢܡܪܗ | ܢܡܪܗ | ܢܡܪܗܘܢ | ܢܡܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܡܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܡܪܝ | ܢܡܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܡܪܝ | 2nd person | ܢܡܪܝܟ | ܢܡܪܝܟܝ | ܢܡܪܝܟܘܢ | ܢܡܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܢܡܪܘܗܝ | ܢܡܪܝܗ | ܢܡܪܝܗܘܢ | ܢܡܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
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, →ISBN, page 922b