ܐܪܙܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 27 November 2015

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic أَرْز (ʔarz), Hebrew אֶרֶז (ʾérez), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎗𐎇 (ảrz), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אַרְזָא (ʾarzā), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic ארזא (/⁠*ʾarzā⁠/), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܐܪܙܐ (/⁠*ʾarzā⁠/), Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 (ʾrzʾ), all meaning cedar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔarzɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔarze] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܪܙܐ • (ʾarzā) m (plural ܐܪܙܐ (ʾarzē))

1. cedar
2. pine

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܪܙܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܪܙ		1st person	ܐܪܙܝ		ܐܪܙܢ
	construct	ܐܪܙ		2nd person	ܐܪܙܟ	ܐܪܙܟܝ	ܐܪܙܟܘܢ	ܐܪܙܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܪܙܐ		3rd person	ܐܪܙܗ	ܐܪܙܗ	ܐܪܙܗܘܢ	ܐܪܙܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܪܙܝܢ		1st person	ܐܪܙܝ		ܐܪܙܝܢ
	construct	ܐܪܙܝ		2nd person	ܐܪܙܝܟ	ܐܪܙܝܟܝ	ܐܪܙܝܟܘܢ	ܐܪܙܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܪܙܐ		3rd person	ܐܪܙܘܗܝ	ܐܪܙܝܗ	ܐܪܙܝܗܘܢ	ܐܪܙܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Hebrew: ארז
• → Ge'ez: አርዝ (ʾärz)
• → Arabic: أرز

Etymology 2

From Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 (ʾrzʾ, “mystery”), Old Persian *𐎼𐎠𐏀 (*rāza-). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (lʾc /⁠rāz⁠/), Persian راز (râz), Hebrew רָז (rāz), Old Armenian երազ (eraz).

Alternative forms

• ܪܙܐ (rāzā), ܪܐܙܐ (rāzā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(ʔə)rɑzɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [(ʔə)rɑze] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܪܙܐ • (ʾərāzā) m (plural ܐܪܙܐ (ʾərāzē))

1. secret, mystery
2. anything having a secret or mystical meaning; type, figure, sign, symbol, likeness
3. allegory
4. agreement, council
5. (religion) sacrament, rite

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܪܙܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܪܙ		1st person	ܐܪܙܝ		ܐܪܙܢ
	construct	ܐܪܙ		2nd person	ܐܪܙܟ	ܐܪܙܟܝ	ܐܪܙܟܘܢ	ܐܪܙܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܪܙܐ		3rd person	ܐܪܙܗ	ܐܪܙܗ	ܐܪܙܗܘܢ	ܐܪܙܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܪܙܝܢ		1st person	ܐܪܙܝ		ܐܪܙܝܢ
	construct	ܐܪܙܝ		2nd person	ܐܪܙܝܟ	ܐܪܙܝܟܝ	ܐܪܙܝܟܘܢ	ܐܪܙܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܪܙܐ		3rd person	ܐܪܙܘܗܝ	ܐܪܙܝܗ	ܐܪܙܝܗܘܢ	ܐܪܙܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀrz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “rz”, 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, page 342b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 28a
• 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, pages 1424a–b