ܚܙܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܚܙܘܪܐ

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒄷𒍣𒊏 (ḫuzīru), Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr), Ugaritic 𐎃𐎐𐎇𐎗 (ḫnzr), and Hebrew חֲזִיר (ḥăzîr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)zirɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)zire(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܚܙܝܪܐ • (ħzīrā’) m (plural ܚܙܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܙܝܪܬܐ)

1. pig, swine, hog

Inflection

    inflection of ܚܙܝܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܙܝܪ	ܚܙܝܪܝܢ
construct	ܚܙܝܪ	ܚܙܝܪܝ
emphatic	ܚܙܝܪܐ	ܚܙܝܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܙܝܪܝ	ܚܙܝܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܙܝܪܟ	ܚܙܝܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܙܝܪܟܝ	ܚܙܝܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܙܝܪܗ	ܚܙܝܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܙܝܪܗ	ܚܙܝܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܙܝܪܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܙܝܪܟܘܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܙܝܪܟܝܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܙܝܪܗܘܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܙܝܪܗܝܢ	ܚܙܝܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܚܙܝܪܝܐ
• ܚܙܝܪܘܬܐ

References

• “ḥzyr”, 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. 101b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 136b
• 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. 439b