ܙܢܓܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܙܘܢܓܪܐ (/⁠zwngrʾ⁠/)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zngʾl (zangār). Compare Persian زنگار (zangâr) and Arabic زِنْجَار (zinjār) and see the former for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zanɡɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zanɡɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܢܓܪܐ • (zangārā) m (plural ܙܢܓܪܐ)

1. verdigris, rust

Inflection

    inflection of ܙܢܓܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܢܓܪ	ܙܢܓܪܝܢ
construct	ܙܢܓܪ	ܙܢܓܪܝ
emphatic	ܙܢܓܪܐ	ܙܢܓܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܢܓܪܝ	ܙܢܓܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܢܓܪܟ	ܙܢܓܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܢܓܪܟܝ	ܙܢܓܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܢܓܪܗ	ܙܢܓܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܢܓܪܗ	ܙܢܓܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܢܓܪܢ	ܙܢܓܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܢܓܪܟܘܢ	ܙܢܓܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܢܓܪܟܝܢ	ܙܢܓܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܢܓܪܗܘܢ	ܙܢܓܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܢܓܪܗܝܢ	ܙܢܓܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zngr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-27
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
• 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, page 388a