ܙܡܝܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Hebrew זְמִירָה (zəmīrā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)mirtɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [z(ə)mirɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܙܡܝܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܙܡܝܪܬܐ)

1. song, chant, hymn, psalm, melody

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܡܝܪܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܡܝܪܐ		1st person	ܙܡܝܪܬܝ		ܙܡܝܪܬܢ
	construct	ܙܡܝܪܬ		2nd person	ܙܡܝܪܬܟ	ܙܡܝܪܬܟܝ	ܙܡܝܪܬܟܘܢ	ܙܡܝܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܡܝܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܙܡܝܪܬܗ	ܙܡܝܪܬܗ	ܙܡܝܪܬܗܘܢ	ܙܡܝܪܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܡܝܪܢ		1st person	ܙܡܝܪܬܢ		ܙܡܝܪܬܢ
	construct	ܙܡܝܪܬ		2nd person	ܙܡܝܪܬܟ	ܙܡܝܪܬܟܝ	ܙܡܝܪܬܟܘܢ	ܙܡܝܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܡܝܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܙܡܝܪܬܗ	ܙܡܝܪܬܗ	ܙܡܝܪܬܗܘܢ	ܙܡܝܪܬܗܝܢ

References

• “zmyrh”, 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. 89b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 117b
• 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. 385b