ܣܟܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Akkadian 𒋛𒆠𒀸 (/⁠sekēru⁠/, “to dam up, to block or hinder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sakk(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [sakk(ə)re(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܣܟܪܐ • (sakkərā) f (plural ܣܟܪܐ)

1. shield, buckler, scutum, target

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܟܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܟܪ		1st person	ܣܟܪܝ		ܣܟܪܢ
	construct	ܣܟܪ		2nd person	ܣܟܪܟ	ܣܟܪܟܝ	ܣܟܪܟܘܢ	ܣܟܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܟܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܟܪܗ	ܣܟܪܗ	ܣܟܪܗܘܢ	ܣܟܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܟܪܝܢ		1st person	ܣܟܪܝ		ܣܟܪܝܢ
	construct	ܣܟܪܝ		2nd person	ܣܟܪܝܟ	ܣܟܪܝܟܝ	ܣܟܪܝܟܘܢ	ܣܟܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܟܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܟܪܘܗܝ	ܣܟܪܝܗ	ܣܟܪܝܗܘܢ	ܣܟܪܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒋝𒊒 (/⁠sikru⁠/). Compare Hebrew סֶכֶר (séḵer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)xɑrɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [s(ə)xɑre(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܣܟܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܟܪܐ)

1. shutting
2. stoppage, block, obstacle, barrier, obstruction
3. (pathology) obstruction in the liver
4. (architecture) dam, floodgate, mole, bulwark

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܟܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܟܪ		1st person	ܣܟܪܝ		ܣܟܪܢ
	construct	ܣܟܪ		2nd person	ܣܟܪܟ	ܣܟܪܟܝ	ܣܟܪܟܘܢ	ܣܟܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܟܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܟܪܗ	ܣܟܪܗ	ܣܟܪܗܘܢ	ܣܟܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܟܪܝܢ		1st person	ܣܟܪܝ		ܣܟܪܝܢ
	construct	ܣܟܪܝ		2nd person	ܣܟܪܝܟ	ܣܟܪܝܟܝ	ܣܟܪܝܟܘܢ	ܣܟܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܟܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܟܪܘܗܝ	ܣܟܪܝܗ	ܣܟܪܝܗܘܢ	ܣܟܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “skr”, 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. 229a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 378a
• 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, pp. 1011b-1012a