Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Akkadian 𒋛𒆠𒀸 (/⁠sekēru⁠/, to dam up, to block or hinder).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sakk(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sakk(ə)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܟܪܐ (sakkərāf (plural ܣܟܪܐ)

  1. shield, buckler, scutum, target
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Akkadian 𒋝𒊒 (/⁠sikru⁠/). Compare Hebrew סֶכֶר (séḵer).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [s(ə)xɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [s(ə)xɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܟܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܣܟܪܐ)

  1. shutting
  2. stoppage, block, obstacle, barrier, obstruction
  3. (pathology) obstruction in the liver
  4. (architecture) dam, floodgate, mole, bulwark
Inflection edit

References edit

  • skr”, 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. 229a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 378a
  • 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. 1011b-1012a