ܫܟܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *šikar- (“alcoholic drink”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒁉 (šikarum), Arabic سَكَر (sakar), and Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃaxrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃaxre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܟܪܐ • (šakrā) m (plural ܫܟܪܐ)

1. any liquor or spirit not made from grapes

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܟܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܟܪ	ܫܟܪܝܢ
construct	ܫܟܪ	ܫܟܪܝ
emphatic	ܫܟܪܐ	ܫܟܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܟܪܝ	ܫܟܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܟܪܟ	ܫܟܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܟܪܟܝ	ܫܟܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܟܪܗ	ܫܟܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܟܪܗ	ܫܟܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܟܪܢ	ܫܟܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܟܪܟܘܢ	ܫܟܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܟܪܟܝܢ	ܫܟܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܟܪܗܘܢ	ܫܟܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܟܪܗܝܢ	ܫܟܪܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃak(kə)rɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܟܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ܫܟܪ

Inflection

    declension of ܫܟܪܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܫܟܪ
construct	ܫܟܪ
emphatic	ܫܟܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܟܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܟܪܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܟܪܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܟܪܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܟܪܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܟܪܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܟܪܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܟܪܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܟܪܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܟܪܗܝܢ

References

• “škr”, 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. 368b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 577b
• 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. 1559b