ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek ἐπαρχίᾱ (eparkhíā, “eparchy”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [hewːpar.kiːjɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [huːpar.t͡ʃiːjɑː]

Noun

ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܵܐ • (hēwparkīyā) f sg (plural ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܹܐ (hēwparkīyē) or ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬ݂ܹܐ (hēwparkīyāṯē))

1. province, governorate, state
2. (religion) eparchy, diocese, prefecture

Inflection

Inflection of ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܝܼ (hēwparkīyī)		ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܲܢ (hēwparkīyan)
	construct	ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼ (hēwparkī)		2nd person	ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܘܼܟ݂ (hēwparkīyūḵ)	ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ (hēwparkīyāḵ)	ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (hēwparkīyāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܵܐ (hēwparkīyā)		3rd person	ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܹܗ (hēwparkīyēh)	ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܵܗ̇ (hēwparkīyāh)	ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܗܘܿܢ (hēwparkīhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬܝܼ (hēwparkīyātī)		ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬܲܢ (hēwparkīyātan)
	construct	ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬ (hēwparkīyāt)		2nd person	ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬܘܼܟ݂ (hēwparkīyātūḵ)	ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ (hēwparkīyātāḵ)	ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (hēwparkīyātāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬܹܐ (hēwparkīyātē)		3rd person	ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬܘܼܗܝ (hēwparkīyātūh)	ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬܘܿܗ̇ (hēwparkīyātōh)	ܗܹܘܦܲܪ̈ܟܝܼܵܬܗܘܿܢ (hēwparkīyāthōn)

Derived terms

• ܗܹܘܦܲܪܟܝܼܵܐ ܕܐܸܡܘܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (hēwparkīyā d-imwāṯē, “the Commonwealth of Nations”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπαρχίᾱ (huparkhíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hu(p)parkijɑ]

Noun

ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ • (hūparkīyā) f (plural ܗܘܦܪܟܘܣ (hūparkos) or ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐܣ (hūparkīyas) or ܗܘܦܪܟܝܣ (hūparkis))

1. province, prefecture, diocese
2. eparchy

References

• “hwprky”, 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 76a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 103a
• 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 338b