ܕܝܠܝܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܕܝܠ- (dīl-, “of, belonging to”); a calque of Ancient Greek ἰδιότης (idiótēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dilɑjuθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dilɑjwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܕܝܠܝܘܬܐ • (dīlāyūṯā) f (plural ܕܝܠܝܘܬܐ (dīlāywāṯā))

1. characteristic, property, quality, attribute; peculiarity

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܝܠܝܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܝܠܝܘ		1st person	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܝ		ܕܝܠܝܘܬܢ
	construct	ܕܝܠܝܘܬ		2nd person	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܟ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܟܝ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܟܘܢ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܗ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܗ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܗܘܢ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܝܠܝܘܢ		1st person	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܝ		ܕܝܠܝܘܬܢ
	construct	ܕܝܠܝܘܬ		2nd person	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܟ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܟܝ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܟܘܢ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܗ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܗ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܗܘܢ	ܕܝܠܝܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “dylyw”, 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 63b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 90a
• 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 295b