ܟܪܥܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܟ ܪ ܥ (k r ˁ)
1 term

ܟܪܥܐ

Inherited from Aramaic כַּרְעָא (karʿā). In some dialects possibly borrowed from Northern Kurdish kere or Persian كَرِه (kare).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [karʕaː]
• (Barwari) IPA^(key): [karra]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [kara]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃarraː]

Noun

ܟܲܪܥܵܐ • (karˁā) m (uncountable)

1. butter

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܲܪܥܵܐ

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܟܲܪܥܝܼ (karˁī)		ܟܲܪܥܲܢ (karˁan)
	construct	ܟܪܲܥ (kraˁ)	2nd person	ܟܲܪܥܘܼܟ݂ (karˁūḵ)	ܟܲܪܥܵܟ݂ܝ (karˁāḵ)	ܟܲܪܥܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (karˁāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܟܲܪܥܵܐ (karˁā)	3rd person	ܟܲܪܥܹܗ (karˁēh)	ܟܲܪܥܵܗ̇ (karˁāh)	ܟܲܪܥܗܘܿܢ (karˁhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑʕɑ(ʔ)], [kɑrʕɑ(ʔ)], [karʕɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܪܥܐ • (kərāʿāʾ, kārʿāʾ, karʿāʾ) m(uncountable)

1. breastmilk (especially colostrum, first milk)
2. coagulated milk
3. butter

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܪܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܪܥ		1st person	ܟܪܥܝ		ܟܪܥܢ
	construct	ܟܪܥ		2nd person	ܟܪܥܟ	ܟܪܥܟܝ	ܟܪܥܟܘܢ	ܟܪܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܥܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܥܗ	ܟܪܥܗ	ܟܪܥܗܘܢ	ܟܪܥܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic كُرَاع (kurāʕ) and Hebrew כֶּרַע (kéraʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܥܐ • (kərāʿāʾ) f (plural ܟܪܥܐ)

1. (anatomy) shin, shank, leg, foot
2. bedpost
3. branch
4. (geography) shore, inlet

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܪܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܪܥ		1st person	ܟܪܥܝ		ܟܪܥܢ
	construct	ܟܪܥ		2nd person	ܟܪܥܟ	ܟܪܥܟܝ	ܟܪܥܟܘܢ	ܟܪܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܥܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܥܗ	ܟܪܥܗ	ܟܪܥܗܘܢ	ܟܪܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܪܥܝܢ		1st person	ܟܪܥܝ		ܟܪܥܝܢ
	construct	ܟܪܥܝ		2nd person	ܟܪܥܝܟ	ܟܪܥܝܟܝ	ܟܪܥܝܟܘܢ	ܟܪܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܥܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܥܘܗܝ	ܟܪܥܝܗ	ܟܪܥܝܗܘܢ	ܟܪܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “krˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-20
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 163b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 228b
• 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, p. 656b