ܚܙܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܚܙܘܪܐ

Etymology

Compare Akkadian ḫuzīru, Arabic خِنْزِير (ḫinzīr), and Hebrew חֲזִיר (ḥăzîr).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ħ(ə)zirɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [ħ(ə)zire(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܙܝܪܐ m (emphatic plural ܚܙܝܪܐ ; singular feminine counterpart ܚܙܝܪܬܐ)

1. pig, swine, hog

Inflection

    declension of ܚܙܝܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܙܝܪ	ܚܙܝܪܝܢ
construct	ܚܙܝܪ	ܚܙܝܪܝ
emphatic	ܚܙܝܪܐ	ܚܙܝܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܙܝܪܝ	ܚܙܝܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܙܝܪܟ	ܚܙܝܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܙܝܪܟܝ	ܚܙܝܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܙܝܪܗ	ܚܙܝܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܙܝܪܗ	ܚܙܝܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܙܝܪܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܙܝܪܟܘܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܙܝܪܟܝܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܙܝܪܗܘܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܙܝܪܗܝܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܚܙܝܪܝܐ
• ܚܙܝܪܘܬܐ

References

• "xzyr" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 101b
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 136b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 439b