ܙܪܙܝܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, Compare Arabic زُرْزُور (zurzūr) and Hebrew זַרְזִיר (zarzī́r).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [zar.ziː.raː.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [zanziː.ra.]

Noun

ܙܲܪܙܝܼܪܵܐ • (zarzīrā) m (plural ܙܲܪܙܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (zarzīrē))

1. starling

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܙܪܙܘܪܐ (zarzūrā)

Etymology

Compare Arabic زُرْزُور (zurzūr) and Hebrew זַרְזִיר (zarzī́r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zarzirɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zarzire] (plural)

Noun

ܙܪܙܝܪܐ • (zarzīrā) m (plural ܙܪܙܝܪܐ (zarzīrē))

1. starling

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܪܙܝܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܪܙܝܪ		1st person	ܙܪܙܝܪܝ		ܙܪܙܝܪܢ
	construct	ܙܪܙܝܪ		2nd person	ܙܪܙܝܪܟ	ܙܪܙܝܪܟܝ	ܙܪܙܝܪܟܘܢ	ܙܪܙܝܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܪܙܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܙܪܙܝܪܗ	ܙܪܙܝܪܗ	ܙܪܙܝܪܗܘܢ	ܙܪܙܝܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܢ		1st person	ܙܪܙܝܪܝ		ܙܪܙܝܪܝܢ
	construct	ܙܪܙܝܪܝ		2nd person	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܟ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܟܝ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܟܘܢ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܪܙܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܙܪܙܝܪܘܗܝ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܗ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܗܘܢ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zrzyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• 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 398a