ܨܘܪܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܨ ܘ ܪ (ṣ w r)
8 terms

Compare Turoyo ܨܷܪܬܐ (ṣërto), Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra) and Hebrew צוּרָה (ṣûrâ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܘܼܪܬܵܐ (ṣurtāf (plural ܨܘܼܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ṣūrāṯē) or ܨܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ṣuryāṯē))

  1. image, picture
  2. statue
  3. form, type
  4. lineament, feature
  5. embroidery
  6. (in the plural) facial structure; facial features or characteristics; facial structures
Usage notes
  • The plural ܨܘܼܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ṣūrāṯē) is only used for the meaning “facial feature(s); facial structure(s)” and both this plural and the singular may also be used to refer to a single person’s facial structure
Inflection

Etymology 2

Root
ܨ ܘ ܪ (ṣ w r)
8 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܵܘܲܪܬܵܐ (ṣāwartāf (plural only)

  1. dizziness

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Root
ܨ-ܘ-ܪ
2 terms
Lord’s prayer in Aramaic

Compare Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra) and Hebrew צוּרָה (ṣûrâ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܘܪܬܐ (ṣūrtāf (plural ܨܘܪܬܐ (ṣūrāṯā))

  1. image, picture
  2. statue
  3. form, type
  4. lineament, feature
  5. moral character
  6. text, writing (especially sacred text)
  7. embroidery
Inflection

Etymology 2

Root
ܨ-ܘ-ܪ
2 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܘܪܬܐ (ṣāwartāf(uncountable)

  1. dizziness
Inflection

References

  • ṣwrh”, 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, page 300a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 476b
  • 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 1282a