ܢܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛm.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈnɪm.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈnem.ro]

Noun

ܢܡܪܐ • (nemrā) m (plural ܢܡܪܐ (nemrē), singular feminine counterpart ܢܡܪܬܐ (nemrəṯā, nəmarəṯā))

1. 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.

2. (in the plural) Asherah poles

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܡܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	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

• “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, page 922b