ܕܕܪܐ

See also: ܕܪܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫅𐫀𐫡 (dʾr /⁠dār⁠/, “tree, gallows; wood”), from Proto-Iranian *dā́ru (“tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daddɑrɑ], [daðrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [daddɑre], [daðre] (plural)

Noun

ܕܕܪܐ • (daddārā or daḏrā) m (plural ܕܕܪܐ (daddārē, daḏrē))

1. elm
2. oak

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܕܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܕܪ		1st person	ܕܕܪܝ		ܕܕܪܢ
	construct	ܕܕܪ		2nd person	ܕܕܪܟ	ܕܕܪܟܝ	ܕܕܪܟܘܢ	ܕܕܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܕܪܐ		3rd person	ܕܕܪܗ	ܕܕܪܗ	ܕܕܪܗܘܢ	ܕܕܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܕܪܝܢ		1st person	ܕܕܪܝ		ܕܕܪܝܢ
	construct	ܕܕܪܝ		2nd person	ܕܕܪܝܟ	ܕܕܪܝܟܝ	ܕܕܪܝܟܘܢ	ܕܕܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܕܪܐ		3rd person	ܕܕܪܘܗܝ	ܕܕܪܝܗ	ܕܕܪܝܗܘܢ	ܕܕܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: دَرْدَار (dardār)

References

• “ddr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 84a
• 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 275a