ܚܪܝܐ

See also: ܚܕܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *ḫarʔ- of same denotation. From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܐ related to defecating also ܚܪܐ (ḥrā, “to drop excrement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛrjɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)rajjɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܝܐ • (ḥeryā) m (plural ܚܪܝܐ (ḥərayyā))

1. excrement, feces, dung, droppings
2. (figuratively) dross, slag

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܪܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܪܐ		1st person	ܚܪܝܝ		ܚܪܝܢ
	construct	ܚܪܐ		2nd person	ܚܪܝܟ	ܚܪܝܟܝ	ܚܪܝܟܘܢ	ܚܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܪܝܐ		3rd person	ܚܪܝܗ	ܚܪܝܗ	ܚܪܝܗܘܢ	ܚܪܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܪܝܢ		1st person	ܚܪܝ		ܚܪܝܢ
	construct	ܚܪܝ		2nd person	ܚܪܝܟ	ܚܪܝܟܝ	ܚܪܝܟܘܢ	ܚܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܪܝܐ		3rd person	ܚܪܘܗܝ	ܚܪܝܗ	ܚܪܝܗܘܢ	ܚܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥry”, 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 115a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 157a
• 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 490a-b