ܐܫܟܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܫܟܪܬܐ (ʾeškārtā)

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒂠𒃼 (eš₂gar₃ /⁠iškaru⁠/, “quota; assigned work”), from Sumerian 𒂠𒃼 (eš₂gar₃); compare Hebrew אֶשְׁכָּר (ʾeškār, “gift”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔɛʃˈkɑ.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃˈkɑ.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɛʃˈko.ro]

Noun

ܐܫܟܪܐ • (ʾeškārā) f (plural ܐܫܟܪܐ (ʾeškārē))

1. field, land, yoke, plot (roughly two-thirds of an acre)
   • Peshitta, Isaiah 5:10:

     ܡܛܠ ܕܥܣܪ ܐܫܟܪ̈ܐ ܕܟܪܡܐ ܢܥܒܕ̈ܢ ܚܕܐ ܚܒܝܬܐ: ܘܙܪܥܐ ܕܟܘܪ ܢܥܒܕ ܣܐܐ.

     meṭṭōl da-ʿəsar ʾeškārē ḏə-ḵarmā neʿbəḏān ḥəḏā ḥāḇīṯā, wə-zarʿā ḏə-ḵōr neʿbeḏ səʾā.

     Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

2. (by extension) farm

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܫܟܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܫܟܪ	ܐܫܟܪܝܢ
construct	ܐܫܟܪ	ܐܫܟܪܝ
emphatic	ܐܫܟܪܐ	ܐܫܟܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܫܟܪܝ	ܐܫܟܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܫܟܪܟ	ܐܫܟܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܫܟܪܟܝ	ܐܫܟܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܫܟܪܗ	ܐܫܟܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܫܟܪܗ	ܐܫܟܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܫܟܪܢ	ܐܫܟܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܫܟܪܟܘܢ	ܐܫܟܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܫܟܪܟܝܢ	ܐܫܟܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܫܟܪܗܘܢ	ܐܫܟܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܫܟܪܗܝܢ	ܐܫܟܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀškr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-06-08
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 21a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 31a
• 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, page 107a