ܙܠܡܐ ܦܫܝܩܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܟܸܪܝܵܐ (zlāmā kiryā)

Etymology

Literally, “Easy slanting”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [zəlɑːmɑː‿pəʃiːqɑː]

Noun

ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܦܫܝܼܩܵܐ • (zlāmā pšīqā) m

1. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /ɪ/

Coordinate terms

• (Vowels) ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ (zāwˁē); ܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ (pṯāḥā, “a”, literally “opening”), ܙܩܵܦܵܐ (zqāpā, “ā”, literally “erecting”), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܦܫܝܼܩܵܐ (zlāmā pšīqā, “i, e”, literally “easy slanting”), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܩܸܫܝܵܐ (zlāmā qišyā, “ē”, literally “hard slanting”), ܪܘܵܚܵܐ (rwāḥā, “ō”, literally “expanding”), ܪܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (rḇāṣā, “ū”, literally “pressing”), ܚܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (ḥḇāṣā, “ī”, literally “thronging”),

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܙܠܡܐ (z(ə)lāmā, “crooked writing”), from the root ܙ ܠ ܡ related to crookedness + ܦܫܝܩܐ (p(ə)šīqā, “easy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)lɑmɑ f(ə)ʃiqɑ]

Noun

ܙܠܡܐ ܦܫܝܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /ɛ/

Synonyms

• ܙܠܡܐ ܕܦܫܝܩ
• ܪܒܨܐ ܐܪܝܟܐ

References

• “zlmˀ**pšyqˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 117a