ܡܪܥܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܐ (r-ʿ-ʾ) related to grazing, from Proto-Semitic *r-ʿ-y. Compare Arabic مَرْعًى (marʕā) and Hebrew מִרְעֶה (mirʿê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marʕiθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [marʕ(ə)jɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܪܥܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܪܥܝܬܐ)

1. pasturing, grazing
2. pasture
3. flock, herd
4. assembly, congregation, subjects
5. (Christianity) diocese
6. province

Inflection

    declension of ܡܪܥܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܪܥܝ	ܡܪܥܝܢ
construct	ܡܪܥܝܬ	ܡܪܥܝܬ
emphatic	ܡܪܥܝܬܐ	ܡܪܥܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܪܥܝܬܝ	ܡܪܥܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܪܥܝܬܟ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܪܥܝܬܗ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܪܥܝܬܗ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܪܥܝܬܢ	ܡܪܥܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝܢ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܪܥܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܪܥܝܬܗܝܢ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mrˁy”, 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. 349b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 303a
• 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. 837a-b