ܕܪܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ); Hebrew זְרוֹעַ (zərṓaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d(ə)rɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [d(ə)rɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܪܥܐ • (dərāʿāʾ) m (plural ܕܪܥܐ)

1. (anatomy) arm, upper arm; elbow; shoulder
2. forequarter
3. cubit, ell
4. sleeve
5. armrest, side brace
6. first guest

Usage notes

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܪܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܪܥ		1st person	ܕܪܥܝ		ܕܪܥܢ
	construct	ܕܪܥ		2nd person	ܕܪܥܟ	ܕܪܥܟܝ	ܕܪܥܟܘܢ	ܕܪܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܪܥܐ		3rd person	ܕܪܥܗ	ܕܪܥܗ	ܕܪܥܗܘܢ	ܕܪܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܪܥܝܢ		1st person	ܕܪܥܝ		ܕܪܥܝܢ
	construct	ܕܪܥܝ		2nd person	ܕܪܥܝܟ	ܕܪܥܝܟܝ	ܕܪܥܝܟܘܢ	ܕܪܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܪܥܐ		3rd person	ܕܪܥܘܗܝ	ܕܪܥܝܗ	ܕܪܥܝܗܘܢ	ܕܪܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “drˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-12
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 71a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 98a
• 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. 324b