ܡܙܘܥܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܙ ܥ ܪ (z ˁ r)
5 terms

Alternative forms

• ܡܙܲܥܪܵܐ (mzaˁrā) (Classical form)

Etymology

Passive participle of the verb ܡܙܲܥܸܪ (mzaˁir, “to diminish, to make small”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [məzuʕ.rɑː]

Adjective

ܡܙܘܼܥܪܵܐ • (mzuˁrā) (feminine ܡܙܘܼܥܲܪܬܵܐ (mzūˁartā), plural ܡܙܘܼܥܪܹ̈ܐ (mzuˁrē))

1. (grammar) diminutive

   ’ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ‘، ܫܸܡܵܐ ܡܙܘܼܥܪܵܐ ܕܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ، ܟܹܐ ܡܣܲܟܸܠ ’ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ‘.

   ‘kṯāḇōnā’, šimmā mzuˁrā dkṯāḇā, kē msakkil ‘kṯāḇā zˁōrā’.

   ‘Booklet’, the diminutive noun of book, means ‘small book’.

Derived terms

• ܫܸܡܵܐ ܡܙܘܼܥܪܵܐ (šimmā mzuˁrā, “diminutive noun, nomen deminutivum”)