ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew זְהוֹרִית (zəhôrîṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)ħoriθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [z(ə)ħorjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ)

1. kermes (insect)
2. scarlet (color/colour)
3. (in the plural) scarlet clothes

Inflection

    declension of ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܚܘܪܝ	ܙܚܘܪܝܢ
construct	ܙܚܘܪܝܬ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬ
emphatic	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܝ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܝ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܢ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܘܢ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܝܢ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗܘܢ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗܝܢ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (scarlet): ܬܘܠܥܬܐ

References

• “zḥwry”, 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. 87a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 114b
• 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. 376b