ܫܪܝܪܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܫܪܝܪܐ (šarrīrāʾ, “firm”), from the root ܫ-ܪ-ܪ (š-r-r) related to firmness + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Hebrew שְׁרִירוּת (šərîrûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃarriruθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܪܝܪܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

1. firmness, strength
2. soundness, health
3. sureness, certainty, reality, truth
4. fidelity, steadfastness

Inflection

    declension of ܫܪܝܪܘܬܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܫܪܝܪܘ
construct	ܫܪܝܪܘܬ
emphatic	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܪܝܪܘܬܗܝܢ

See also

• ܫܪܪܐ

References

• “šryrw”, 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. 381a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 598b
• 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. 1608a