ܕܝܢܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Latin dēnārius, possibly via Ancient Greek δηνάριον (dēnárion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de(j)nɑrɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [de(j)nɑre(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܕܝܢܪܐ • (dēnārā) m (plural ܕܝܢܪܐ)

1. denarius
2. gold dinar
3. dirham

Inflection

    inflection of ܕܝܢܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܕܝܢܪ	ܕܝܢܪܝܢ
construct	ܕܝܢܪ	ܕܝܢܪܝ
emphatic	ܕܝܢܪܐ	ܕܝܢܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܕܝܢܪܝ	ܕܝܢܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܕܝܢܪܟ	ܕܝܢܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܕܝܢܪܟܝ	ܕܝܢܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܕܝܢܪܗ	ܕܝܢܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܕܝܢܪܗ	ܕܝܢܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܕܝܢܪܢ	ܕܝܢܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܕܝܢܪܟܘܢ	ܕܝܢܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܕܝܢܪܟܝܢ	ܕܝܢܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܕܝܢܪܗܘܢ	ܕܝܢܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܕܝܢܪܗܝܢ	ܕܝܢܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: دِينار (dīnār) (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dynʾl /⁠dēnār⁠/)

References

• “dynr”, 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, p. 63b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 91a
• 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. 297b