ܙܘܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ-ܘ-ܪ related to holding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [z(ə)wɑre(ʔ)], [z(ə)wɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܘܪܬܐ or ܙܘܪܐ)

1. fist
2. (anatomy) palm, hollow of the hand

   Synonym: ܟܦܐ

3. fistful, handful
4. blow, slap
5. hand, power
6. cudgel, club

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܘܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܘܪ		1st person	ܙܘܪܝ		ܙܘܪܢ
	construct	ܙܘܪ		2nd person	ܙܘܪܟ	ܙܘܪܟܝ	ܙܘܪܟܘܢ	ܙܘܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܪܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܪܗ	ܙܘܪܗ	ܙܘܪܗܘܢ	ܙܘܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܘܪܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܢ		1st person	ܙܘܪܬܝ ,ܙܘܪܝ		ܙܘܪܬܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܢ
	construct	ܙܘܪܬ ,ܙܘܪܝ		2nd person	ܙܘܪܬܟ ,ܙܘܪܝܟ	ܙܘܪܬܟܝ ,ܙܘܪܝܟܝ	ܙܘܪܬܟܘܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܟܘܢ	ܙܘܪܬܟܝܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܪܬܐ ,ܙܘܪܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܪܬܗ ,ܙܘܪܘܗܝ	ܙܘܪܬܗ ,ܙܘܪܝܗ	ܙܘܪܬܗܘܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܗܘܢ	ܙܘܪܬܗܝܢ ,ܙܘܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zwr”, 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. 87a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 114b
• 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, pp. 375b-376a