Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒊬 (šaṭārum). Compare Arabic سَطْر (saṭr) and Hebrew שְׁטָר (šəṭār).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)tˤɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)tˤɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܛܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܛܪܐ)

  1. (law) writing, document, record; deed, bill; bond
  2. (figuratively) ratification

Inflection edit

References edit

  • šṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 366b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 30b, 574a
  • 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. 1549b