ܙܪܩܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܙܪܩܐ

Root
ܙ ܪ ܩ (z r q)
4 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic أَزْرَق (ʔazraq).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈzɑr.qɑː]

Adjective

ܙܲܪܩܵܐ • (zarqā) (feminine ܙܪܲܩܬܵܐ (zraqtā), plural ܙܲܪ̈ܩܹܐ (zarqē))

1. bright, shining

Derived terms

• ܙܪܘܿܩܵܐ (zrōqā, “blue”)
• ܙܲܪܩܘܼܬܵܐ (zārqūṯā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic أَزْرَق (ʔazraq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈzɑr.qɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [zarqo]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [zarqa]

Adjective

ܙܪܩܐ • (zārqā) m (plural ܙܪܩܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܙܪܩܬܐ)

1. blue, sky blue; pale green
2. blue-eyed
3. (by extension) bright

Inflection

    declension of ܙܪܩܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܪܩ	ܙܪܩܝܢ
construct	ܙܪܩ	ܙܪܩܝ
emphatic	ܙܪܩܐ	ܙܪܩܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܪܩܐ	ܙܪܩܢ
construct	ܙܪܩܬ	ܙܪܩܬ
emphatic	ܙܪܩܬܐ	ܙܪܩܬܐ

Synonyms

• ܥܝܢܐ
• ܙܗܪܐ

Derived terms

• ܙܪܩܘܬܐ (zārqūṯā)

See also

• ܐܙܪܩ (ʾazraq)
• ܙܪܘܩܐ (zərōqā)
• ܙܪܩܬܐ (zərāqtā)

References

• “zrq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-04-13
• 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. 121b
• 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. 401a