ܘܪܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܘ ܪ ܕ (w r d)
6 terms

ܘܪܕܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic וַרְדָּא (wardā), ultimately from Parthian *ward; compare Arabic وَرْدَة (warda), Hebrew וֶרֶד (véred), Old Armenian վարդ (vard), Georgian ვარდი (vardi), Persian گل (gol), and more distantly Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) and Latin rosa (English rose).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈwar.dɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈvar.dɑː]

Noun

ܘܲܪܕܵܐ • (wardā) m (plural ܘܲܪ̈ܕܹܐ (wardē))

1. rose (typically pink flower)
2. (colloquial, by extension) flower

   Synonyms: ܗܲܒܵܒ݂ܵܐ (habbāḇā), ܦܸܩܚܵܐ (piqḥā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܘܲܪܕܵܐ (wardā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܘܲܪܕܝܼ (wardī)		ܘܲܪܕܲܢ (wardan)
	construct	ܘܼܪܲܕ (ūrad)	2nd person	ܘܲܪܕܘܼܟ݂ (wardūḵ)	ܘܲܪܕܵܟ݂ܝ (wardāḵ)	ܘܲܪܕܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (wardāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܘܲܪܕܵܐ (wardā)	3rd person	ܘܲܪܕܹܗ (wardēh)	ܘܲܪܕܘܿܗ̇ (wardōh)	ܘܲܪܕܗܘܿܢ (wardhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܘܲܪ̈ܕܝܼ (wardī)		ܘܲܪ̈ܕܲܢ (wardan)
	construct	ܘܲܪ̈ܕܲܝ (warday)	2nd person	ܘܲܪ̈ܕܘܼܟ݂ (wardūḵ)	ܘܲܪ̈ܕܵܟ݂ܝ (wardāḵ)	ܘܲܪ̈ܕܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (wardāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܘܲܪ̈ܕܹܐ (wardē)	3rd person	ܘܲܪ̈ܕܘܼܗܝ (wardūh)	ܘܲܪ̈ܕܘܿܗ̇ (wardōh)	ܘܲܪ̈ܕܗܘܿܢ (wardhōn)

Derived terms

• ܘܲܪܕܘܿܢܝܼܬܵܐ (wardōnītā, “little rose”)
• ܘܲܪܕܵܐ ܕܒ݂ܲܪܵܐ (wardā dḇarrā, “anemone”)
• ܘܲܪܕܵܐ ܕܨܲܝܵܪܹ̈ܐ (wardā dṣayyārē, “cinnabar”)
• ܘܲܪܕܵܐ ܕܲܚܡܵܪܵܐ (wardā daḥmārā, “chrysanthemum”, literally “rose of the donkey”)
• ܘܲܪܕܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (wardānāyūtā, “rosiness, rose-garden”)
• ܘܲܪܕܵܢܵܝܵܐ (wardānāyā, “rosy”)
• ܘܲܪܘܿܕܵܐ (warōdā, “pink”)

 

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Parthian *ward; compare Arabic وَرْدَة (warda), Old Armenian վարդ (vard), Georgian ვარდი (vardi), Hebrew וֶרֶד (wéreḏ), Persian گل (gol) (see it for more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwar.dɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈwar.de] (plural)

Noun

ܘܪܕܐ • (wardā) m (plural ܘܪܕܐ (wardē))

1. rose, flower

   Synonyms: ܗܒܒܐ, ܗܒܬܐ, ܣܡܕܪܐ, ܦܩܚܐ

2. coagulate; film or skin on the surface of a liquid

Inflection

    inflection of ܘܪܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܘܪܕ	ܘܪܕܝܢ
construct	ܘܪܕ	ܘܪܕܝ
emphatic	ܘܪܕܐ	ܘܪܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܘܪܕܝ	ܘܪܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܘܪܕܟ	ܘܪܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܘܪܕܟܝ	ܘܪܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܘܪܕܗ	ܘܪܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܘܪܕܗ	ܘܪܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܘܪܕܢ	ܘܪܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܘܪܕܟܘܢ	ܘܪܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܘܪܕܟܝܢ	ܘܪܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܘܪܕܗܘܢ	ܘܪܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܘܪܕܗܝܢ	ܘܪܕܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܩܛܝܪܐ

References

• “wrd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-13
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 82b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 108b
• 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 359b