ܫܘܪܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܫ ܪ ܐ (š r ˀ)
6 terms

Verbal noun of ܡܫܲܪܹܐ (mšarrē, “to begin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃurraːjaː]

Noun

ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ • (šurrāyā) m (plural ܫܘܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šūrāyē))

1. beginning, origin
2. opening, introduction, preface
3. (Christianity) exordium, kind of psalm

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܐ (š-r-ʾ). The sense of "subject" is a calque of Arabic مُبْتَدَأ (mubtadaʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃurrɑjɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃurrɑje] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܪܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܝܐ)

1. beginning, origin
2. opening, introduction, preface
3. (Christianity) exordium, kind of psalm
4. (grammar) subject

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܘܪܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܘܪܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝܢ
construct	ܫܘܪܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝ
emphatic	ܫܘܪܝܐ	ܫܘܪܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܘܪܝܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܘܪܝܟ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܘܪܝܟܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܘܪܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܘܪܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܘܪܝܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܘܪܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܘܪܝܟܝܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܘܪܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܘܪܝܗܝܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “beginning”): ܫܘܠܡܐ

Etymology 2

From ܫܘܪܐ (Šūrāʾ, “Assyria”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”) + the masculine gentilic suffix ܝܐ- (-āyāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃurɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃurɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܫܘܪܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܘܪܝܬܐ)

1. Assyrian

Inflection

    declension of ܫܘܪܝܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܘܪܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝܢ
construct	ܫܘܪܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝ
emphatic	ܫܘܪܝܐ	ܫܘܪܝܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܘܪܝܐ	ܫܘܪܝܢ
construct	ܫܘܪܝܬ	ܫܘܪܝܬ
emphatic	ܫܘܪܝܬܐ	ܫܘܪܝܬܐ

Noun

ܫܘܪܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܘܪܝܬܐ)

1. Assyrian

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܘܪܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܘܪܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝܢ
construct	ܫܘܪܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝ
emphatic	ܫܘܪܝܐ	ܫܘܪܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܘܪܝܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܘܪܝܟ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܘܪܝܟܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܘܪܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܘܪܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܘܪܝܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܘܪܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܘܪܝܟܝܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܘܪܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܘܪܝܗܝܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܐܬܘܪܝܐ

References

• “šwry”, 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. 382b, 419b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 568b
• 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. 1536a