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)

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   Synonym: ܟܐܦܐ ܢܗܪܝܬܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܡܪܓܕܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܡܪܓܕ		1st person	ܙܡܪܓܕܝ		ܙܡܪܓܕܢ
	construct	ܙܡܪܓܕ		2nd person	ܙܡܪܓܕܟ	ܙܡܪܓܕܟܝ	ܙܡܪܓܕܟܘܢ	ܙܡܪܓܕܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܡܪܓܕܐ		3rd person	ܙܡܪܓܕܗ	ܙܡܪܓܕܗ	ܙܡܪܓܕܗܘܢ	ܙܡܪܓܕܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܢ		1st person	ܙܡܪܓܕܝ		ܙܡܪܓܕܝܢ
	construct	ܙܡܪܓܕܝ		2nd person	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܝ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܘܢ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܡܪܓܕܐ		3rd person	ܙܡܪܓܕܘܗܝ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗ	ܙܡܪܓܕܝܗܘܢ	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