ܢܡܪܐ
Appearance
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Aramaic נִמְרָא (nimrā), from Proto-Semitic *namir-; compare Arabic نَمِر (namir), Hebrew נָמֵר (namér) and Akkadian 𒊊𒌉 (nimrum).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܢܸܡܪܵܐ • (nimrā) m (plural ܢܸܡܪܹ̈ܐ (nimrē), feminine ܢܸܡܪܬ݂ܵܐ (nimrṯā))
Inflection
[edit]isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | |||||||
singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܸܡܪܝܼ (nimrī) | ܢܸܡܪܲܢ (nimran) | |||
construct | ܢܡܲܪ (nmar) | 2nd person | ܢܸܡܪܘܼܟ݂ (nimrūḵ) | ܢܸܡܪܵܟ݂ܝ (nimrāḵ) | ܢܸܡܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nimrāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܢܸܡܪܵܐ (nimrā) | 3rd person | ܢܸܡܪܹܗ (nimrēh) | ܢܸܡܪܘܿܗ̇ (nimrōh) | ܢܸܡܪܗܘܿܢ (nimrhōn) | |||
plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܝܼ (nimrī) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܲܢ (nimran) | |||
construct | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܲܝ (nimray) | 2nd person | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (nimrūḵ) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (nimrāḵ) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nimrāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܢܸܡܪܹ̈ܐ (nimrē) | 3rd person | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (nimrūh) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (nimrōh) | ܢܸܡܪ̈ܗܘܿܢ (nimrhōn) |
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *namir-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈnɛm.rɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈnɪm.rɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈnem.ro]
Noun
[edit]ܢܡܪܐ • (nemrā) m (plural ܢܡܪܐ (nemrē), singular feminine counterpart ܢܡܪܬܐ (nemrəṯā, nəmarəṯā))
- leopard
- Synonym: ܦܪܕܝܢ
- Peshitta, Jeremiah 13:23:
- ܘܐܝܟ ܕܠܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܗܢܕܘܝܐ ܕܢܫܚܠܦ ܡܫܟܗ: ܘܢܡܪܐ ܟܟ̈ܠܬܗ: ܘܐܦ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܠܡܛܐܒܘ: ܡܛܠ ܕܝܠܦܬܘܢ ܒܝܫܬܐ.
- wə-ʾāḵ də-lā meškaḥ hendəwāyā ḏa-nəšaḥlep̄ meškēh, wə-nemrā ḵāḵəlāṯēh, wə-ʾāp̄ ʾa[n]tōn lā meškəḥīn ʾa[n]tōn lə-maṭʾāḇū, meṭṭol də-ʾīlep̄tōn bīštā.
- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
- (in the plural) Asherah poles
Inflection
[edit]isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | m | f | |||||
singular | absolute | ܢܡܪ | 1st person | ܢܡܪܝ | ܢܡܪܢ | |||
construct | ܢܡܪ | 2nd person | ܢܡܪܟ | ܢܡܪܟܝ | ܢܡܪܟܘܢ | ܢܡܪܟܝܢ | ||
emphatic | ܢܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܢܡܪܗ | ܢܡܪܗ | ܢܡܪܗܘܢ | ܢܡܪܗܝܢ | ||
plural | absolute | ܢܡܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܡܪܝ | ܢܡܪܝܢ | |||
construct | ܢܡܪܝ | 2nd person | ܢܡܪܝܟ | ܢܡܪܝܟܝ | ܢܡܪܝܟܘܢ | ܢܡܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
emphatic | ܢܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܢܡܪܘܗܝ | ܢܡܪܝܗ | ܢܡܪܝܗܘܢ | ܢܡܪܝܗܝܢ |
References
[edit]- “nmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-24
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 205b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 341a
- 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, →ISBN, page 922b
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