ܣܚܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic شَحَر (šaḥar, “middle of a valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə.)ˈħar.tɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [saħˈrɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܣܚܪܬܐ • (səḥartā) f (plural ܣܚܪܬܐ)

1. (geography) valley

Inflection

    declension of ܣܚܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܚܪܐ	ܣܚܪܢ
construct	ܣܚܪܬ	ܣܚܪܬ
emphatic	ܣܚܪܬܐ	ܣܚܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܚܪܬܝ	ܣܚܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܚܪܬܟ	ܣܚܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܚܪܬܟܝ	ܣܚܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܚܪܬܗ	ܣܚܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܚܪܬܗ	ܣܚܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܚܪܬܢ	ܣܚܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܚܪܬܟܘܢ	ܣܚܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܚܪܬܟܝܢ	ܣܚܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܚܪܬܗܘܢ	ܣܚܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܚܪܬܗܝܢ	ܣܚܪܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑˈħar.tɑ], [s(ə.)ˈħɑr.tɑ], [s(ə.)ˈħar.tɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sɑħˈrɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܣܚܪܬܐ • (sāḥartā, səḥārtā, səḥartā) f (plural ܣܚܪܬܐ)

1. walled enclosure, citadel
2. palace
3. (architecture) (possibly) arch, vault; edifice, building

Inflection

    declension of ܣܚܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܚܪܐ	ܣܚܪܢ
construct	ܣܚܪܬ	ܣܚܪܬ
emphatic	ܣܚܪܬܐ	ܣܚܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܚܪܬܝ	ܣܚܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܚܪܬܟ	ܣܚܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܚܪܬܟܝ	ܣܚܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܚܪܬܗ	ܣܚܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܚܪܬܗ	ܣܚܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܚܪܬܢ	ܣܚܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܚܪܬܟܘܢ	ܣܚܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܚܪܬܟܝܢ	ܣܚܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܚܪܬܗܘܢ	ܣܚܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܚܪܬܗܝܢ	ܣܚܪܬܗܝܢ

References

• “sḥrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-18
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 226b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 372b
• 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. 994a