ܙܡܪܓܕܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From a Semitic language, via Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos). Doublet of ܒܪܩܐ, which was borrowed directly from Hebrew. Both ultimately derive from Proto-Semitic *bariq- (“lightning”); compare Arabic بَرْق (barq), Hebrew בָּרָק (bārāq).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [z(ə)marraɣdɑ(ʔ)], [z(ə)mɑrɡɑðɑ(ʔ)], [z(ə)marɡɑðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA(key): [z(ə)marraɣde(ʔ)] (plural)
Noun edit
ܙܡܪܓܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܡܪܓܕܐ)
- emerald
- Synonym: ܟܐܦܐ ܢܗܪܝܬܐ
Inflection edit
inflection of ܙܡܪܓܕܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܙܡܪܓܕ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܢ |
| construct | ܙܡܪܓܕ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝ |
| emphatic | ܙܡܪܓܕܐ | ܙܡܪܓܕܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܙܡܪܓܕܝ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܙܡܪܓܕܟ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܙܡܪܓܕܟܝ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܙܡܪܓܕܗ | ܙܡܪܓܕܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܙܡܪܓܕܗ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܙܡܪܓܕܢ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܙܡܪܓܕܟܘܢ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܙܡܪܓܕܟܝܢ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܙܡܪܓܕܗܘܢ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܙܡܪܓܕܗܝܢ | ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗܝܢ |
References edit
- “zmrgd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-17
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 231b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 118a
- 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. 387a