Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܐ-ܚ-ܪ (ʾ-ḥ-r) related to delaying.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃuwħɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃuwħɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܘܘܚܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܘܘܚܪܐ)

  1. delay, tardiness
  2. slowness
  3. gap, omission, lacuna

Inflection edit

References edit

  • šwwḥr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-18
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 6b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 563b
  • 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. 1520b