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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܪܙ	ܐܪܙܝܢ
construct	ܐܪܙ	ܐܪܙܝ
emphatic	ܐܪܙܐ	ܐܪܙܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܪܙܝ	ܐܪܙܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܪܙܟ	ܐܪܙܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܪܙܟܝ	ܐܪܙܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܪܙܗ	ܐܪܙܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܪܙܗ	ܐܪܙܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܪܙܢ	ܐܪܙܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܪܙܟܘܢ	ܐܪܙܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܪܙܟܝܢ	ܐܪܙܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܪܙܗܘܢ	ܐܪܙܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܪܙܗܝܢ	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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܪܙ	ܐܪܙܝܢ
construct	ܐܪܙ	ܐܪܙܝ
emphatic	ܐܪܙܐ	ܐܪܙܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܪܙܝ	ܐܪܙܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܪܙܟ	ܐܪܙܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܪܙܟܝ	ܐܪܙܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܪܙܗ	ܐܪܙܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܪܙܗ	ܐܪܙܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܪܙܢ	ܐܪܙܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܪܙܟܘܢ	ܐܪܙܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܪܙܟܝܢ	ܐܪܙܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܪܙܗܘܢ	ܐܪܙܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܪܙܗܝܢ	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