ܡܪܥܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܐ (r-ʿ-ʾ) related to grazing, from Proto-Semitic *r-ʿ-y. Compare Arabic مَرْعًى (marʕā) and Hebrew מִרְעֶה (mirʿê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marʕiθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [marʕ(ə)jɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܪܥܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܪܥܝܬܐ)

1. pasturing, grazing
2. pasture
3. flock, herd
4. assembly, congregation, subjects
5. (Christianity) diocese
6. province

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܪܥܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܪܥܝ		1st person	ܡܪܥܝܬܝ		ܡܪܥܝܬܢ
	construct	ܡܪܥܝܬ		2nd person	ܡܪܥܝܬܟ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܪܥܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܪܥܝܬܗ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܪܥܝܢ		1st person	ܡܪܥܝܬܝ		ܡܪܥܝܬܢ
	construct	ܡܪܥܝܬ		2nd person	ܡܪܥܝܬܟ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܪܥܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܪܥܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܪܥܝܬܗ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܪܥܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mrˁy”, 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. 349b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 303a
• 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. 837a-b