ܠܝܛܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܠܝܛܪܐ, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra), the sense of “litre” is a semantic loan from French litre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܠܝܼܛܪܵܐ • (līṭrā) m sg (plural ܠܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ (līṭrē))
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܠܝܼܛܪܵܐ (līṭrā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܠܝܼܛܪܝܼ (līṭrī) |
ܠܝܼܛܪܲܢ (līṭran) | ||
| construct | ܠܝܼܛܲܪ (līṭar) |
2nd person | ܠܝܼܛܪܘܼܟ݂ (līṭrūḵ) |
ܠܝܼܛܪܵܟ݂ܝ (līṭrāḵ) |
ܠܝܼܛܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (līṭrāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܠܝܼܛܪܵܐ (līṭrā) |
3rd person | ܠܝܼܛܪܹܗ (līṭrēh) |
ܠܝܼܛܪܘܿܗ̇ (līṭrōh) |
ܠܝܼܛܪܗܘܿܢ (līṭrhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܝܼ (līṭrī) |
ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܲܢ (līṭran) | ||
| construct | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܲܝ (līṭray) |
2nd person | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (līṭrūḵ) |
ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (līṭrāḵ) |
ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (līṭrāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܠܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ (līṭrē) |
3rd person | ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (līṭrūh) |
ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (līṭrōh) |
ܠܝܼܛܪ̈ܗܘܿܢ (līṭrhōn) | ||
Classical Syriac edit
Alternative forms edit
- ܪܝܛܠܐ (rīṭlā)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܠܝܛܪܐ • (līṭrā) m (plural ܠܝܛܪܐ (līṭrē))
Usage notes edit
- While this word is normally considered masculine, it may occasionally be feminine.
Inflection edit
inflection of ܠܝܛܪܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܠܝܛܪ | ܠܝܛܪܝܢ |
| construct | ܠܝܛܪ | ܠܝܛܪܝ |
| emphatic | ܠܝܛܪܐ | ܠܝܛܪܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܠܝܛܪܝ | ܠܝܛܪܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܠܝܛܪܟ | ܠܝܛܪܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܠܝܛܪܟܝ | ܠܝܛܪܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܠܝܛܪܗ | ܠܝܛܪܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܠܝܛܪܗ | ܠܝܛܪܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܠܝܛܪܢ | ܠܝܛܪܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܠܝܛܪܟܘܢ | ܠܝܛܪܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܠܝܛܪܟܝܢ | ܠܝܛܪܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܠܝܛܪܗܘܢ | ܠܝܛܪܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܠܝܛܪܗܝܢ | ܠܝܛܪܝܗܝܢ |
References edit
- “lyṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ryṭlˀ”, 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 172a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 241b
- 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 688b