ܙܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمْر (zamr) and Hebrew זֶמֶר (zémer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)mɑrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܙܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. song, singing
2. music
3. revelling, carousing
4. feast

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܡܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܡܪ		1st person	ܙܡܪܝ		ܙܡܪܢ
	construct	ܙܡܪ		2nd person	ܙܡܪܟ	ܙܡܪܟܝ	ܙܡܪܟܘܢ	ܙܡܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܡܪܐ		3rd person	ܙܡܪܗ	ܙܡܪܗ	ܙܡܪܗܘܢ	ܙܡܪܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمَّار (zammār) and Hebrew זַמָּר (zammār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zammɑrɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [zammɑre(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܙܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܙܡܪܬܐ)

1. singer, musician
2. psalmist

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܡܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܡܪ		1st person	ܙܡܪܝ		ܙܡܪܢ
	construct	ܙܡܪ		2nd person	ܙܡܪܟ	ܙܡܪܟܝ	ܙܡܪܟܘܢ	ܙܡܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܡܪܐ		3rd person	ܙܡܪܗ	ܙܡܪܗ	ܙܡܪܗܘܢ	ܙܡܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܡܪܝܢ		1st person	ܙܡܪܝ		ܙܡܪܝܢ
	construct	ܙܡܪܝ		2nd person	ܙܡܪܝܟ	ܙܡܪܝܟܝ	ܙܡܪܝܟܘܢ	ܙܡܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܡܪܐ		3rd person	ܙܡܪܘܗܝ	ܙܡܪܝܗ	ܙܡܪܝܗܘܢ	ܙܡܪܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 3

Adjective

ܙܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) ? (plural {{{2}}})

1. steel grey

References

• “zmr”, 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 89b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 118a
• 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 387a

Anagrams

• ܡܪܙܐ