ܡܐܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܐ-ܡ-ܪ (ʾ-m-r) related to saying. Compare Hebrew מַאֲמָר (maʾămār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me(ʔ)mrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [me(ʔ)mre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܐܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܐܡܪܐ)

1. speech, oration, diction
2. discourse, tractate, treatise, chapter
3. homily, sermon
4. proposition
5. (grammar) sentence, predicate, verb
6. remark

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܐܡܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܐܡܪ	ܡܐܡܪܝܢ
construct	ܡܐܡܪ	ܡܐܡܪܝ
emphatic	ܡܐܡܪܐ	ܡܐܡܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܐܡܪܝ	ܡܐܡܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܐܡܪܟ	ܡܐܡܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܐܡܪܟܝ	ܡܐܡܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܐܡܪܗ	ܡܐܡܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܐܡܪܗ	ܡܐܡܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܐܡܪܢ	ܡܐܡܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܐܡܪܟܘܢ	ܡܐܡܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܐܡܪܟܝܢ	ܡܐܡܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܐܡܪܗܘܢ	ܡܐܡܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܐܡܪܗܝܢ	ܡܐܡܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mˀmr”, 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. 12a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 247a
• 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, pp. 701b-702a