ܐܪܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the older form ܐܪܝܝܐ (ʾaryəyāʾ), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʾarway-. Compare Hebrew אֲרִי (ʾărî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔarjɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܪܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܪܝܘܬܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܪܝܘܬܐ)

1. lion
2. (pathology) leprosy

Usage notes

The absolute and construct states of this word are not used.

Inflection

    declension of ܐܪܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	(ܐܪܝ)	(ܐܪܝܘܢ)
construct	(ܐܪܝ)	(ܐܪܝܘܬ)
emphatic	ܐܪܝܐ	ܐܪܝܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܪܝܝ	ܐܪܝܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܪܝܟ	ܐܪܝܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܪܝܟܝ	ܐܪܝܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܪܝܗ	ܐܪܝܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܪܝܗ	ܐܪܝܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܪܝܢ	ܐܪܝܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܪܝܟܘܢ	ܐܪܝܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܪܝܟܝܢ	ܐܪܝܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܪܝܗܘܢ	ܐܪܝܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܪܝܗܝܢ	ܐܪܝܘܬܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܐܪܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. (astrology, astronomy) Leo (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

• “ˀry”, 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. 19b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 28b
• 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. 98b