ܝܥܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew יַעַר (yáʾar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jaʕrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [jaʕre] (plural)

Noun

ܝܥܪܐ • (yaʿrā) m (plural ܝܥܪܐ (yaʿrē))

1. thicket, shrubbery, brushwood
2. bramble, briar
3. (horticulture) sucker
4. (figuratively) sin; adversity, misfortune

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܥܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܝܥܪ		1st person	ܝܥܪܝ		ܝܥܪܢ
	construct	ܝܥܪ		2nd person	ܝܥܪܟ	ܝܥܪܟܝ	ܝܥܪܟܘܢ	ܝܥܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܥܪܐ		3rd person	ܝܥܪܗ	ܝܥܪܗ	ܝܥܪܗܘܢ	ܝܥܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܝܥܪܝܢ		1st person	ܝܥܪܝ		ܝܥܪܝܢ
	construct	ܝܥܪܝ		2nd person	ܝܥܪܝܟ	ܝܥܪܝܟܝ	ܝܥܪܝܟܘܢ	ܝܥܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܥܪܐ		3rd person	ܝܥܪܘܗܝ	ܝܥܪܝܗ	ܝܥܪܝܗܘܢ	ܝܥܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “yˁr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “[yˀrˀtˀ]”, 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 143a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 194b
• 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 v