ܫܐܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Possibly from Akkadian šewiru. Compare Hebrew שֵׁר (šēr).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʃe(ʔ)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [ʃe(ʔ)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܐܪܐ m (emphatic plural ܫܐܪܐ)

1. chain
2. anklet, bracelet, bangle
3. nose ring
4. shoulder covering; cape

Inflection

    declension of ܫܐܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܐܪ	ܫܐܪܝܢ
construct	ܫܐܪ	ܫܐܪܝ
emphatic	ܫܐܪܐ	ܫܐܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܐܪܝ	ܫܐܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܐܪܟ	ܫܐܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܐܪܟܝ	ܫܐܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܐܪܗ	ܫܐܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܐܪܗ	ܫܐܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܐܪܢ	ܫܐܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܐܪܟܘܢ	ܫܐܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܐܪܟܝܢ	ܫܐܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܐܪܗܘܢ	ܫܐܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܐܪܗܝܢ	ܫܐܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• "$)r" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 356a
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 554b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 1498a