ܙܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمْر (zamr) and Hebrew זֶמֶר (zémer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)mɑrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܙܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. song, singing
2. music
3. revelling, carousing
4. feast

Inflection

    declension of ܙܡܪܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܙܡܪ
construct	ܙܡܪ
emphatic	ܙܡܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܡܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܡܪܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܡܪܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܡܪܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܡܪܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܡܪܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܡܪܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܡܪܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܡܪܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܡܪܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمَّار (zammār) and Hebrew זַמָּר (zammār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zammɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zammɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܙܡܪܬܐ)

1. singer, musician
2. psalmist

Inflection

    inflection of ܙܡܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܡܪ	ܙܡܪܝܢ
construct	ܙܡܪ	ܙܡܪܝ
emphatic	ܙܡܪܐ	ܙܡܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܡܪܝ	ܙܡܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܡܪܟ	ܙܡܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܡܪܟܝ	ܙܡܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܡܪܗ	ܙܡܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܡܪܗ	ܙܡܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܡܪܢ	ܙܡܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܡܪܟܘܢ	ܙܡܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܡܪܟܝܢ	ܙܡܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܡܪܗܘܢ	ܙܡܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܡܪܗܝܢ	ܙܡܪܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 3

Adjective

ܙܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) ? (plural {{{2}}})

1. steel grey

References

• “zmr”, 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, page 89b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 118a
• 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 387a

Anagrams

• ܡܪܙܐ