ܣܟܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Akkadian 𒋛𒆠𒀸 (/⁠sekēru⁠/, “to dam up, to block or hinder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sakk(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sakk(ə)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܟܪܐ • (sakkərā) f (plural ܣܟܪܐ)

1. shield, buckler, scutum, target

Inflection

    inflection of ܣܟܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܟܪ	ܣܟܪܝܢ
construct	ܣܟܪ	ܣܟܪܝ
emphatic	ܣܟܪܐ	ܣܟܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܟܪܝ	ܣܟܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܟܪܟ	ܣܟܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܟܪܟܝ	ܣܟܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܟܪܗ	ܣܟܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܟܪܗ	ܣܟܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܟܪܢ	ܣܟܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܟܪܟܘܢ	ܣܟܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܟܪܟܝܢ	ܣܟܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܟܪܗܘܢ	ܣܟܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܟܪܗܝܢ	ܣܟܪܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒋝𒊒 (/⁠sikru⁠/). Compare Hebrew סֶכֶר (séḵer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)xɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [s(ə)xɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܟܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܟܪܐ)

1. shutting
2. stoppage, block, obstacle, barrier, obstruction
3. (pathology) obstruction in the liver
4. (architecture) dam, floodgate, mole, bulwark

Inflection

    inflection of ܣܟܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܟܪ	ܣܟܪܝܢ
construct	ܣܟܪ	ܣܟܪܝ
emphatic	ܣܟܪܐ	ܣܟܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܟܪܝ	ܣܟܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܟܪܟ	ܣܟܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܟܪܟܝ	ܣܟܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܟܪܗ	ܣܟܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܟܪܗ	ܣܟܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܟܪܢ	ܣܟܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܟܪܟܘܢ	ܣܟܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܟܪܟܝܢ	ܣܟܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܟܪܗܘܢ	ܣܟܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܟܪܗܝܢ	ܣܟܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “skr”, 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. 229a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 378a
• 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, pp. 1011b-1012a