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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܪܙܝܪ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܢ
construct	ܙܪܙܝܪ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝ
emphatic	ܙܪܙܝܪܐ	ܙܪܙܝܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܪܙܝܪܝ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܪܙܝܪܟ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܪܙܝܪܟܝ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܪܙܝܪܗ	ܙܪܙܝܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܪܙܝܪܗ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܪܙܝܪܢ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܪܙܝܪܟܘܢ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܪܙܝܪܟܝܢ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܪܙܝܪܗܘܢ	ܙܪܙܝܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܪܙܝܪܗܝܢ	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