ܐܐܪ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr); compare Hebrew אֲוִיר (avír).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܐܵܐܲܪ • (āˀar) m
- air (the apparently open space above the ground)
- weather (state of the atmosphere)
- (figuratively) look, appearance, sight; aspect
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܐܵܐܲܪ (āˀar)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܵܐܲܪܝܼ (āˀarī) |
ܐܵܐܲܪܲܢ (āˀarran) | ||
| construct | ܐܵܐܲܪ (āˀar) |
2nd person | ܐܵܐܲܪܘܼܟ݂ (āˀarūḵ) |
ܐܵܐܲܪܵܟ݂ܝ (āˀarrāḵ) |
ܐܵܐܲܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āˀarrāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܵܐܲܪ (āˀar) |
3rd person | ܐܵܐܲܪܹܗ (āˀarrēh) |
ܐܵܐܲܪܵܗ̇ (āˀarrāh) |
ܐܵܐܲܪܗܘܿܢ (āˀarhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܝܼ (āˀarī) |
ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܲܢ (āˀarran) | ||
| construct | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܲܝ (āˀarray) |
2nd person | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (āˀarūḵ) |
ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (āˀarrāḵ) |
ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āˀarrāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܵܐܲܪܹ̈ܐ (āˀarrē) |
3rd person | ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (āˀarūh) |
ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (āˀarrōh) |
ܐܵܐܲܪ̈ܗܘܿܢ (āˀarhōn) | ||
Derived terms edit
- ܡܘܼܙܵܓ݂ ܐܵܐܲܪ (mūzāḡ āˀar, “weather”)
- ܐܵܐܲܪܵܝܵܐ (āˀarrāyā, “aerial”)
- ܨܵܐܘܼܬ݂ ܐܵܐܲܪ (ṣāˀūṯ āˀar, “air pollution”)
See also edit
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܐܐܪ • (ʾāʾar) c (plural ܐܐܪܘܣ or ܐܐܪܐܣ or ܐܐܪܣ)
- air, breeze
- (figuratively) look, appearance, sight; aspect
References edit
- “ˀˀr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-10
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 1a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 1b
- 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. 1a