ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew זְהוֹרִית (zəhôrîṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)ħoriθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [z(ə)ħorjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ)

1. kermes (insect)
2. scarlet (color/colour)
3. (in the plural) scarlet clothes

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܚܘܪܝ		1st person	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܝ		ܙܚܘܪܝܬܢ
	construct	ܙܚܘܪܝܬ		2nd person	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܝ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܘܢ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗܘܢ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܚܘܪܝܢ		1st person	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܝ		ܙܚܘܪܝܬܢ
	construct	ܙܚܘܪܝܬ		2nd person	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܝ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܘܢ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗܘܢ	ܙܚܘܪܝܬܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (scarlet): ܬܘܠܥܬܐ

References

• “zḥwry”, 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, p. 376b