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

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܫܟܪ		1st person	ܐܫܟܪܝ		ܐܫܟܪܢ
	construct	ܐܫܟܪ		2nd person	ܐܫܟܪܟ	ܐܫܟܪܟܝ	ܐܫܟܪܟܘܢ	ܐܫܟܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܫܟܪܐ		3rd person	ܐܫܟܪܗ	ܐܫܟܪܗ	ܐܫܟܪܗܘܢ	ܐܫܟܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܫܟܪܝܢ		1st person	ܐܫܟܪܝ		ܐܫܟܪܝܢ
	construct	ܐܫܟܪܝ		2nd person	ܐܫܟܪܝܟ	ܐܫܟܪܝܟܝ	ܐܫܟܪܝܟܘܢ	ܐܫܟܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܫܟܪܐ		3rd person	ܐܫܟܪܘܗܝ	ܐܫܟܪܝܗ	ܐܫܟܪܝܗܘܢ	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