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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܦ-ܛ-ܪ (p-ṭ-r); compare Arabic فَطِير (faṭīr). The sense of "Passover" is a calque of Ancient Greek τὰ ἀζύμα (tà azúma).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ܦܛܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܛܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܛܝܪܬܐ)
- unleavened, azymous
- fresh, raw
- (of skins or hides) untanned
- (figuratively) sincere
Inflection
Noun
ܦܛܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܛܝܪܐ)
- unleavened bread
Inflection
Proper noun
ܦܛܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m
- (Christianity, in the plural) Passover, Easter; Lord's Supper
References
- “pṭyr”, 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, pp. 273b, 416a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 442a
- 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. 1181b