ܣܡܘܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܣ ܡ ܪ (s m r)
3 terms

Borrowed from Middle Persian smwl (/⁠*samōr⁠/) or Central Kurdish سیمۆرە (sîmore, “squirrel”); compare Classical Syriac ܣܲܡܘܼܪܵܐ (sammūrā, “sable”), Persian سمور (samur, “sable”), Arabic سَمُّور (sammūr, “sable, marten”), and Hebrew סַמּוּר (samúr, “polecat”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [sɪmmoːrɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [samuːrɑː]

Noun

ܣܸܡܘܿܪܵܐ • (simōrā) m (plural ܣܸܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (simōrē))

1. squirrel (any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae)

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܸܡܘܿܪܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ (simōr)		1st person	ܣܸܡܘܿܪܝܼ (simōrī)		ܣܸܡܘܿܪܲܢ (simōran)
	construct	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ (simōr)		2nd person	ܣܸܡܘܿܪܘܼܟ݂ (simōrōḵ)	ܣܸܡܘܿܪܵܟ݂ܝ (simōrāḵ)	ܣܸܡܘܿܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (simōrawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܣܸܡܘܿܪܵܐ (simōrā)		3rd person	ܣܸܡܘܿܪܹܗ (simōrēh)	ܣܸܡܘܿܪܵܗ̇ (simōrāh)	ܣܸܡܘܿܪܗܘܿܢ (simōrhōn)
plural	absolute	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܝܼܢ (simōrīn)		1st person	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܝܼ (simōrī)		ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܲܢ (simōran)
	construct	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܲܝ (simōray)		2nd person	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (simōrōḵ)	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (simōrāḵ)	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (simōrawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܣܸܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (simōrē)		3rd person	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (simōrūh)	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (simōrōh)	ܣܸܡܘܿܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (simōrayhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian smwl (/⁠*samōr⁠/). Compare Persian سمور (samur), Arabic سَمُّور (sammūr), and Hebrew סַמּוּר (sammûr), from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sammurɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sammure] (plural)

Noun

ܣܡܘܪܐ • (sammūrā) m (plural ܣܡܘܪܐ)

1. marten, sable, weasel

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܡܘܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܡܘܪ		1st person	ܣܡܘܪܝ		ܣܡܘܪܢ
	construct	ܣܡܘܪ		2nd person	ܣܡܘܪܟ	ܣܡܘܪܟܝ	ܣܡܘܪܟܘܢ	ܣܡܘܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܡܘܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܡܘܪܗ	ܣܡܘܪܗ	ܣܡܘܪܗܘܢ	ܣܡܘܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܡܘܪܝܢ		1st person	ܣܡܘܪܝ		ܣܡܘܪܝܢ
	construct	ܣܡܘܪܝ		2nd person	ܣܡܘܪܝܟ	ܣܡܘܪܝܟܝ	ܣܡܘܪܝܟܘܢ	ܣܡܘܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܡܘܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܡܘܪܘܗܝ	ܣܡܘܪܝܗ	ܣܡܘܪܝܗܘܢ	ܣܡܘܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “smwr”, 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 230b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 380a
• 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 1017a