ܣܥܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܣ ܥ ܪ (s ˁ r)
3 terms

Inherited from Aramaic סַעְרָא (saʿrā), from Proto-Semitic *śaʕr-; compare Arabic شَعْر (šaʕr), Hebrew שֵׂעָר (se'ár) and Akkadian 𒊬𒌈 (šārtum). Largely displaced by ܟܲܘܣܵܐ (kawsā), where it then became reserved for goat or horse hair. The first sense then is a semantic loan from Classical Syriac.

Pronunciation

• ܣܲܥܪܵܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈsaʕ.raː.]
  • (Bakhdede) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪʔ.ra.]
  • (Barwari) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.rˤa.], [ˈseː.rˤa.]
• ܣܲܥܪܹ̈ܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈsaʕ.reː]

Noun

ܣܲܥܪܵܐ • (saˁrā) m (uncountable)

1. (formal, archaic, anatomy) hair (collection on head)

   ܣܲܥܪܝܼ ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ. ― saˁrī kōmā ìlēh. ― My hair is back.

2. (animal anatomy) goat or horse hair

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܲܥܪܵܐ

number	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person			ܣܲܥܪܲܢ (saˁran)
	construct	ܣܥܲܪ (sˁar)		2nd person	ܣܲܥܪܘܼܟ݂ (saˁrūḵ)	ܣܲܥܪܵܟ݂ܝ (saˁrāḵ)	ܣܲܥܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (saˁrāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܣܲܥܪܵܐ (saˁrā)		3rd person	ܣܲܥܪܹܗ (saˁrēh)	ܣܲܥܪܵܗ̇ (saˁrāh)	ܣܲܥܪܗܘܿܢ (saˁrhōn)

Derived terms

• ܣܥܲܪܬܵܐ (sˁartā, “single hair”)
• ܣܲܥܪܵܢܵܐ (saˁrānā, “hairy”)
• ܡܝܲܒ݂ܫܵܢ ܣܲܥܪܵܐ (myaḇšān saˁrā, “hair dryer”)
• ܙܵܩܝܼܦܲܬ݂ ܣܲܥܪܵܐ (zāqīpaṯ saˁrā, “hair pin, bobby pin”)

Noun

ܣܲܥܪܹ̈ܐ • (saˁrē) f pl

1. plural of ܣܥܲܪܬܵܐ (sˁartā, “single hair”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *śaʕr-. Compare Arabic شَعْر (šaʕr) and Hebrew שֵׂעָר (śēʿār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saʕrɑ(ʔ)], [s(ə)ʕɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [saʕre(ʔ)], [s(ə)ʕɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܥܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܥܪܐ)

1. (anatomy) hair (collection on head)
2. feather
3. (figuratively) leaf, fiber/fibre

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܥܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܥܪ		1st person	ܣܥܪܝ		ܣܥܪܢ
	construct	ܣܥܪ		2nd person	ܣܥܪܟ	ܣܥܪܟܝ	ܣܥܪܟܘܢ	ܣܥܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܥܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܥܪܗ	ܣܥܪܗ	ܣܥܪܗܘܢ	ܣܥܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܥܪܝܢ		1st person	ܣܥܪܝ		ܣܥܪܝܢ
	construct	ܣܥܪܝ		2nd person	ܣܥܪܝܟ	ܣܥܪܝܟܝ	ܣܥܪܝܟܘܢ	ܣܥܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܥܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܥܪܘܗܝ	ܣܥܪܝܗ	ܣܥܪܝܗܘܢ	ܣܥܪܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܣܥܪܬܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܣ ܥ ܪ related to visiting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saʕrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [saʕre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܥܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܥܪܐ)

1. visitation

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܥܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܥܪ		1st person	ܣܥܪܝ		ܣܥܪܢ
	construct	ܣܥܪ		2nd person	ܣܥܪܟ	ܣܥܪܟܝ	ܣܥܪܟܘܢ	ܣܥܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܥܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܥܪܗ	ܣܥܪܗ	ܣܥܪܗܘܢ	ܣܥܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܥܪܝܢ		1st person	ܣܥܪܝ		ܣܥܪܝܢ
	construct	ܣܥܪܝ		2nd person	ܣܥܪܝܟ	ܣܥܪܝܟܝ	ܣܥܪܝܟܘܢ	ܣܥܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܥܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܥܪܘܗܝ	ܣܥܪܝܗ	ܣܥܪܝܗܘܢ	ܣܥܪܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 3

Noun

ܣܥܪܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܣܥܪܬܐ

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʕɑre(ʔ)]

Noun

ܣܥܪܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܣܥܪܬܐ

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʕɑrɑ(ʔ)]

References

• “sˁr”, 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. 233a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 384b
• 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. 1028a

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Noun

ܣܰܥܪܳܐ • (sacro) m

1. (anatomy) hair