ܙܪܢܝܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Iranian *zarniyaka-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Compare Arabic زِرْنِيخ (zirnīḵ) and Hebrew זַרְנִיךְ (zarnîḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zarnixɑ]

Noun

ܙܪܢܝܟܐ • (zarnīḵā) m(uncountable)

1. arsenic

   Synonym: ܐܪܣܢܝܩܘܢ (ʔarsenniqōn)

2. orpiment

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܪܢܝܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܪܢܝܟ		1st person	ܙܪܢܝܟܝ		ܙܪܢܝܟܢ
	construct	ܙܪܢܝܟ		2nd person	ܙܪܢܝܟܟ	ܙܪܢܝܟܟܝ	ܙܪܢܝܟܟܘܢ	ܙܪܢܝܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܪܢܝܟܐ		3rd person	ܙܪܢܝܟܗ	ܙܪܢܝܟܗ	ܙܪܢܝܟܗܘܢ	ܙܪܢܝܟܗܝܢ

References

• “zrnyk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 92a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 121a
• 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 399b