ܟܘܪܟܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (kurkû), from Sumerian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (kur.gi₄^mušen). Also found as Arabic كُرْكِيّ (kurkiyy), an Aramaic borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kurk(ə)jɑ]

Noun

ܟܘܪܟܝܐ • (kurkəyā) m (plural ܟܘܪܟܝܬܐ (kurkəyṯā) or ܟܘܪܟܘܬܐ (kurkūṯā))

1. kind of bird: crane, goose, (possibly) swift, swallow

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܪܟܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܪܟܝ		1st person	ܟܘܪܟܝܝ		ܟܘܪܟܝܢ
	construct	ܟܘܪܟܝ		2nd person	ܟܘܪܟܝܟ	ܟܘܪܟܝܟܝ	ܟܘܪܟܝܟܘܢ	ܟܘܪܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܪܟܝܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܪܟܝܗ	ܟܘܪܟܝܗ	ܟܘܪܟܝܗܘܢ	ܟܘܪܟܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܐ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܐ		1st person	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܝ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܝ		ܟܘܪܟܝܬܢ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܢ
	construct	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܐ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܐ		2nd person	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܟ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܟ	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܟܝ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܟܝ	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܟܘܢ	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܐ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܗ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܗ	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܗ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܗ	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܗܘܢ	ܟܘܪܟܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܟܘܪܟܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “kwrky”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-25
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 154a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 211a-b
• 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 613b