ܐܝܩܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܘ ܩ ܪ
4 terms

Compare Arabic وَقَار (waqār) and Hebrew יְקָר (yəqār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jəqɑrɑʔ/, [ʔiqɑrɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): /jəqɑreʔ/, [ʔiqɑre(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܝܩܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܝܩܪܐ)

1. honor/honour, dignity
2. glory, magnificence, greatness, grandeur
3. observance, reverence, funeral pomp
4. dedication, consecration
5. worth
6. honorarium, fee, expense
7. (finance) interest, profit
8. advantage
9. donation, gift, present
10. household thing
11. (typography) margin

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܝܩܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܝܩܪ		1st person	ܐܝܩܪܝ		ܐܝܩܪܢ
	construct	ܐܝܩܪ		2nd person	ܐܝܩܪܟ	ܐܝܩܪܟܝ	ܐܝܩܪܟܘܢ	ܐܝܩܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܝܩܪܐ		3rd person	ܐܝܩܪܗ	ܐܝܩܪܗ	ܐܝܩܪܗܘܢ	ܐܝܩܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܝܩܪܝܢ		1st person	ܐܝܩܪܝ		ܐܝܩܪܝܢ
	construct	ܐܝܩܪܝ		2nd person	ܐܝܩܪܝܟ	ܐܝܩܪܝܟܝ	ܐܝܩܪܝܟܘܢ	ܐܝܩܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܝܩܪܐ		3rd person	ܐܝܩܪܘܗܝ	ܐܝܩܪܝܗ	ܐܝܩܪܝܗܘܢ	ܐܝܩܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀyqr”, 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. 144a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 14a-b
• 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. 38a