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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒄷𒍣𒊏 (ḫuzīru), Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr), Ugaritic 𐎃𐎐𐎇𐎗 (ḫnzr), and Hebrew חֲזִיר (ḥăzîr).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܙܝܪܐ • (ħzīrā’) m (plural ܚܙܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܙܝܪܬܐ)
- pig, swine, hog
Inflection
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References
- “ḥzyr”, 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, p. 101b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 136b
- 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. 439b