Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܐ (š-r-ʾ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [maʃriθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maʃr(ə)jɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܡܫܪܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܡܫܪܝܬܐ)

  1. stay, staying
  2. home, dwelling, habitation
  3. camp, encampment
  4. siege
  5. (military) army, host; troop, cohort
  6. retinue

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • mšry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 382b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 309a-b
  • 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. 854a-b