ܡܣܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܡܐܣܪܐ
• ܡܣܐܪܐ

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܣ-ܪ (n-s-r) related to sawing. Compare Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār) and Hebrew מַסּוֹר (massôr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [massɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [massɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܣܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܣܪܐ)

1. saw
2. sawfish (Pristidae spp.), dolphin
3. (geography) mountain ridge, mountaintop

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܣܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܣܪ		1st person	ܡܣܪܝ		ܡܣܪܢ
	construct	ܡܣܪ		2nd person	ܡܣܪܟ	ܡܣܪܟܝ	ܡܣܪܟܘܢ	ܡܣܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܣܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܣܪܗ	ܡܣܪܗ	ܡܣܪܗܘܢ	ܡܣܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܣܪܝܢ		1st person	ܡܣܪܝ		ܡܣܪܝܢ
	construct	ܡܣܪܝ		2nd person	ܡܣܪܝܟ	ܡܣܪܝܟܝ	ܡܣܪܝܟܘܢ	ܡܣܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܣܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܣܪܘܗܝ	ܡܣܪܝܗ	ܡܣܪܝܗܘܢ	ܡܣܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “msr”, 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, p. 207a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 286b
• 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. 795a