ܫܝܪܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic שִּׁירָיָא (šīrāyā, “silk; a kind of silk garment”), from Chinese 絲 (MC si). Equivalent to being named after the people from whom silk was obtained, ܫܝܼܪ (šīr, “Seres, Northern China”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Mandaic ࡔࡉ࡚ࡓࡀࡉࡀ (/⁠šērāyā⁠/), Arabic سِيرَاء (sīrāʔ), Ge'ez ሢራይ (śiray) and Ancient Greek Σήρ (Sḗr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃiːrɑːjɑː]

Noun

ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ • (šīrāyā) m (plural ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šīrāyē))

1. silk

   Synonyms: ܐܲܒ݂ܪܝܼܫܘܼܡܵܐ (aḇrīšūmā), ܩܲܙܵܐ (qazzā), ܩܘܼܕ݂ܩܵܐ (quḏqā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (šīrāyā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܫܝܼܪܵܝܝܼ (šīrāyī)		ܫܝܼܪܵܝܲܢ (šīrāyan)
	construct	ܫܝܼܪܵܝ (šīrāy)	2nd person	ܫܝܼܪܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (šīrāyūḵ)	ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (šīrāyāḵ)	ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīrāyāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (šīrāyā)	3rd person	ܫܝܼܪܵܝܹܗ (šīrāyēh)	ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܗ̇ (šīrāyāh)	ܫܝܼܪܵܝܗܘܿܢ (šīrāyhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܝܼ (šīrāyī)		ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܢ (šīrāyan)
	construct	ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܝ (šīrāyay)	2nd person	ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (šīrāyūḵ)	ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (šīrāyāḵ)	ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīrāyāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šīrāyē)	3rd person	ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܼܗܝ (šīrāyūh)	ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܿܗ̇ (šīrāyōh)	ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܗܘܿܢ (šīrāyhōn)

Derived terms

• [Term?] (“silky”)
• ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܕܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (urḥā d-šīrāyā, “the Silk Road”)