ܙܢܓܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܙܘܢܓܪܐ (/⁠zwngrʾ⁠/)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zngʾl (zangār). Compare Persian زنگار (zangâr) and Arabic زِنْجَار (zinjār) and see the former for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zanɡɑrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zanɡɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܙܢܓܪܐ • (zangārā) m (plural ܙܢܓܪܐ)

1. verdigris, rust

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܢܓܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܢܓܪ		1st person	ܙܢܓܪܝ		ܙܢܓܪܢ
	construct	ܙܢܓܪ		2nd person	ܙܢܓܪܟ	ܙܢܓܪܟܝ	ܙܢܓܪܟܘܢ	ܙܢܓܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܢܓܪܐ		3rd person	ܙܢܓܪܗ	ܙܢܓܪܗ	ܙܢܓܪܗܘܢ	ܙܢܓܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܢܓܪܝܢ		1st person	ܙܢܓܪܝ		ܙܢܓܪܝܢ
	construct	ܙܢܓܪܝ		2nd person	ܙܢܓܪܝܟ	ܙܢܓܪܝܟܝ	ܙܢܓܪܝܟܘܢ	ܙܢܓܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܢܓܪܐ		3rd person	ܙܢܓܪܘܗܝ	ܙܢܓܪܝܗ	ܙܢܓܪܝܗܘܢ	ܙܢܓܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zngr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-27
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
• 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 388a