ܫܡܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܫܘܡܝܪܐ

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁמִיר (šāmîr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑmirɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑmire(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܡܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܡܝܪܐ)

1. diamond, adamant; hard steel
2. diamond point, steel graver
3. (mineralogy) emery, emery powder

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܡܝܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܡܝܪ	ܫܡܝܪܝܢ
construct	ܫܡܝܪ	ܫܡܝܪܝ
emphatic	ܫܡܝܪܐ	ܫܡܝܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܡܝܪܝ	ܫܡܝܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܡܝܪܟ	ܫܡܝܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܡܝܪܟܝ	ܫܡܝܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܡܝܪܗ	ܫܡܝܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܡܝܪܗ	ܫܡܝܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܡܝܪܢ	ܫܡܝܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܡܝܪܟܘܢ	ܫܡܝܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܡܝܪܟܝܢ	ܫܡܝܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܡܝܪܗܘܢ	ܫܡܝܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܡܝܪܗܝܢ	ܫܡܝܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “šmyr”, 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. 373a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 584a
• 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. 1573a