ܟܪܥܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܟ ܪ ܥ (k r ˁ)
1 term

ܟܪܥܐ

Inherited from Aramaic כַּרְעָא (karʿā). In some dialects possibly borrowed from Northern Kurdish kere or Persian كَرِه (kare).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [karʕaː]
• (Barwari) IPA^(key): [karra]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [kara]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃarraː]

Noun

ܟܲܪܥܵܐ • (karˁā) m (uncountable)

1. butter

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܲܪܥܵܐ (karˁā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܟܲܪܥܝܼ (karˁī)		ܟܲܪܥܲܢ (karˁan)
	construct	ܟܪܲܥ (kraˁ)	2nd person	ܟܲܪܥܘܼܟ݂ (karˁūḵ)	ܟܲܪܥܵܟ݂ܝ (karˁāḵ)	ܟܲܪܥܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (karˁāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܟܲܪܥܵܐ (karˁā)	3rd person	ܟܲܪܥܹܗ (karˁēh)	ܟܲܪܥܵܗ̇ (karˁāh)	ܟܲܪܥܗܘܿܢ (karˁhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑʕɑ(ʔ)], [kɑrʕɑ(ʔ)], [karʕɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܪܥܐ • (kərāʿāʾ, kārʿāʾ, karʿāʾ) m(uncountable)

1. breastmilk (especially colostrum, first milk)
2. coagulated milk
3. butter

Inflection

    declension of ܟܪܥܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܟܪܥ
construct	ܟܪܥ
emphatic	ܟܪܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܪܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܪܥܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܪܥܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܪܥܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܪܥܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܪܥܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܪܥܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܪܥܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܪܥܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܪܥܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic كُرَاع (kurāʕ) and Hebrew כֶּרַע (kéraʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܥܐ • (kərāʿāʾ) f (plural ܟܪܥܐ)

1. (anatomy) shin, shank, leg, foot
2. bedpost
3. branch
4. (geography) shore, inlet

Inflection

    inflection of ܟܪܥܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܪܥ	ܟܪܥܝܢ
construct	ܟܪܥ	ܟܪܥܝ
emphatic	ܟܪܥܐ	ܟܪܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܪܥܝ	ܟܪܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܪܥܟ	ܟܪܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܪܥܟܝ	ܟܪܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܪܥܗ	ܟܪܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܪܥܗ	ܟܪܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܪܥܢ	ܟܪܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܪܥܟܘܢ	ܟܪܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܪܥܟܝܢ	ܟܪܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܪܥܗܘܢ	ܟܪܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܪܥܗܝܢ	ܟܪܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “krˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-20
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 163b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 228b
• 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. 656b