Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܙ-ܪ-ܥ (z-r-ʿ) related to sowing. Compare Arabic زَارِع (zāriʕ) and Hebrew זוֹרֵעַ (zôrēaʿ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zɑroʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zɑroʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܙܪܘܥܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܙܪܘܥܐ)

  1. sower

Inflection edit

References edit

  • zrwˁ”, 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. 92b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 120b
  • 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. 397b