From Aramaic שִּׁירָיָא (šīrāyā, “silk; a kind of silk garment”), from Chinese 絲 (MC si). Equivalent to being named after the people from whom silk was obtained, ܫܝܼܪ (šīr, “Seres, Northern China”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Mandaic ࡔࡉ࡚ࡓࡀࡉࡀ (/šērāyā/), Arabic سِيرَاء (sīrāʔ), Ge'ez ሢራይ (śiray) and Ancient Greek Σήρ (Sḗr).
ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ • (šīrāyā) m (plural ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šīrāyē))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܝܼ (šīrāyī) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܲܢ (šīrāyan) | |||
| construct | ܫܝܼܪܵܝ (šīrāy) | 2nd person | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (šīrāyūḵ) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (šīrāyāḵ) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīrāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (šīrāyā) | 3rd person | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܹܗ (šīrāyēh) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܗ̇ (šīrāyāh) | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܗܘܿܢ (šīrāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܝܼ (šīrāyī) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܢ (šīrāyan) | |||
| construct | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܝ (šīrāyay) | 2nd person | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (šīrāyūḵ) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (šīrāyāḵ) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīrāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šīrāyē) | 3rd person | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܼܗܝ (šīrāyūh) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܿܗ̇ (šīrāyōh) | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܗܘܿܢ (šīrāyhōn) | |||