ܙܡܪܓܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܙܡܪܓܕܐ
• ܐܣܡܪܓܕܐ
• ܙܡܪܓܕܘܣ
• ܣܡܪܓܕܐ

Etymology

From a Semitic language, via Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos). Doublet of ܒܪܩܐ, which was borrowed directly from Hebrew. Both ultimately derive from Proto-Semitic *bariq- (“lightning”); compare Arabic بَرْق (barq), Hebrew בָּרָק (bārāq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)marraɣdɑ(ʔ)], [z(ə)mɑrɡɑðɑ(ʔ)], [z(ə)marɡɑðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [z(ə)marraɣde(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܡܪܓܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܡܪܓܕܐ)

1. emerald

   Synonym: ܟܐܦܐ ܢܗܪܝܬܐ

Inflection

    inflection of ܙܡܪܓܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܡܪܓܕ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܢ
construct	ܙܡܪܓܕ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝ
emphatic	ܙܡܪܓܕܐ	ܙܡܪܓܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܡܪܓܕܝ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܡܪܓܕܟ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܡܪܓܕܟܝ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܡܪܓܕܗ	ܙܡܪܓܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܡܪܓܕܗ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܡܪܓܕܢ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܡܪܓܕܟܘܢ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܡܪܓܕܟܝܢ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܡܪܓܕܗܘܢ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܡܪܓܕܗܝܢ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zmrgd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-17
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 231b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 387a