ܙܪܢܝܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Chemical element (edit)
As Atomic number 33 ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (zarnīḵā)
Classification data Period 4 Group 15 Block p-block Class metalloid
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Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic [Term?], from Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Median *zaraniyakā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-; compare Arabic زِرْنِيخ (zirnīḵ) and Persian زرنی (zarni, “orpiment”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [zarniːxɑː]

Noun

ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ • (zarnīḵā) m

1. arsenic (a toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33)

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ

number	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ (zarnīḵ)		1st person	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܝܼ (zarnīḵī)		ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܲܢ (zarnīḵan)
	construct	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ (zarnīḵ)		2nd person	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (zarnīḵōḵ)	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (zarnīḵāḵ)	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zarnīḵawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (zarnīḵā)		3rd person	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܹܗ (zarnīḵēh)	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܵܗ̇ (zarnīḵāh)	ܙܲܪܢܝܼܟ݂ܗܘܿܢ (zarnīḵhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Median *zaraniyakā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Compare Arabic زِرْنِيخ (zirnīḵ) and Hebrew זַרְנִיךְ (zarnîḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zarnixɑ]

Noun

ܙܪܢܝܟܐ • (zarnīḵā) m(uncountable)

1. arsenic

   Synonym: ܐܪܣܢܝܩܘܢ (ʔarsenniqōn)

2. orpiment

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܪܢܝܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܪܢܝܟ		1st person	ܙܪܢܝܟܝ		ܙܪܢܝܟܢ
	construct	ܙܪܢܝܟ		2nd person	ܙܪܢܝܟܟ	ܙܪܢܝܟܟܝ	ܙܪܢܝܟܟܘܢ	ܙܪܢܝܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܪܢܝܟܐ		3rd person	ܙܪܢܝܟܗ	ܙܪܢܝܟܗ	ܙܪܢܝܟܗܘܢ	ܙܪܢܝܟܗܝܢ

References

• “zrnyk”, 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 92a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 121a
• 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, →ISBN, page 399b