Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܣ-ܥ-ܪ (s-ʿ-r) related to visiting. The sense of "action" is a calque of Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [suʕrɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [suʕrɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܣܘܥܪܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܣܘܥܪܢܐ)

  1. visitation, visiting
  2. act, action, activity, deed, work
  3. occurrence, event, effect
  4. things, goods, possessions, resources
  5. fact, reality
  6. affair, business
  7. administration, office, diocese, function
  8. inspection
  9. assistance
  10. affliction of punishment
  11. denotation, literal meaning
  12. category
  13. abstract

Inflection

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References

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  • swˁrn”, 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, pp. 232b-233a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 369a
  • 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. 986b-987a