ܕܘܟܪܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܟ-ܪ (d-k-r) related to remembering. Compare Hebrew זִכָּרוֹן (zikkārōn). The sense of "portion of a sacrifice" is a calque of Hebrew אַזְכָּרָה (ʾazkārâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duxrɑnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [duxrɑne(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܕܘܟܪܢܐ • (duḵrānā) m (plural ܕܘܟܪܢܐ)

1. memory, remembrance, commemoration
2. memorial
3. portion of a sacrifice
4. funeral feast
5. festival day

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܘܟܪܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܘܟܪܢ		1st person	ܕܘܟܪܢܝ		ܕܘܟܪܢܢ
	construct	ܕܘܟܪܢ		2nd person	ܕܘܟܪܢܟ	ܕܘܟܪܢܟܝ	ܕܘܟܪܢܟܘܢ	ܕܘܟܪܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܘܟܪܢܐ		3rd person	ܕܘܟܪܢܗ	ܕܘܟܪܢܗ	ܕܘܟܪܢܗܘܢ	ܕܘܟܪܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܘܟܪܢܝܢ		1st person	ܕܘܟܪܢܝ		ܕܘܟܪܢܝܢ
	construct	ܕܘܟܪܢܝ		2nd person	ܕܘܟܪܢܝܟ	ܕܘܟܪܢܝܟܝ	ܕܘܟܪܢܝܟܘܢ	ܕܘܟܪܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܘܟܪܢܐ		3rd person	ܕܘܟܪܢܘܗܝ	ܕܘܟܪܢܝܗ	ܕܘܟܪܢܝܗܘܢ	ܕܘܟܪܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ദുക്രാന (dukrāna)

References

• “dwkrn”, 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, p. 64b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 86a
• 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, p. 281a