ܣܩܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܣܩܪܐ ܥܪܐܩܝܐ ― saqrā ˁirāqāyā ― Iraqi passport

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek σάκρᾱ (sákrā), from Latin sacra.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [saqrɑː]

Noun

ܣܲܩܪܵܐ • (saqrā) m (plural ܣܲܩܪܹ̈ܐ (saqrē))

1. passport (official document showing identity and nationality for foreign travel)
2. (literary) official report, imperial rescript

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܲܩܪܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܣܲܩܪܝܼ (saqrī)		ܣܲܩܪܲܢ (saqran)
	construct	ܣܩܲܪ (sqar)		2nd person	ܣܲܩܪܘܼܟ݂ (saqrūḵ)	ܣܲܩܪܵܟ݂ܝ (saqrāḵ)	ܣܲܩܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (saqrāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܣܲܩܪܵܐ (saqrā)		3rd person	ܣܲܩܪܹܗ (saqrēh)	ܣܲܩܪܵܗ̇ (saqrāh)	ܣܲܩܪܗܘܿܢ (saqrhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܣܲܩܪܝܼ̈ (saqrī)		ܣܲܩܪܲܢ̈ (saqran)
	construct	ܣܲܩܪܲܝ̈ (saqray)		2nd person	ܣܲܩܪܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (saqrūḵ)	ܣܲܩܪܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (saqrāḵ)	ܣܲܩܪܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (saqrāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܣܲܩܪܹ̈ܐ (saqrē)		3rd person	ܣܲܩܪܘܼ̈ܗܝ (saqrūh)	ܣܲܩܪ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (saqrōh)	ܣܲܩܪܗ̈ܘܿܢ (saqrhōn)

Derived terms

• ܣܲܩܪܵܐ ܕܚܙܵܩܵܐ (saqrā d-ḥzāqā)

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 4 November 2017

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σάκρᾱ (sákrā) or directly from its source, Latin sacra.

Alternative forms

• ܣܐܩܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saqrɑ]

Noun

ܣܩܪܐ • (saqrā) f (plural ܣܩܪܣ)

1. letter (especially imperial rescript, edict, state letter of recommendation, passport)

   Synonym: ܐܓܪܬܐ

2. official report

Etymology 2

From the root ܣ-ܩ-ܪ related to hating.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)qɑrɑ]

Noun

ܣܩܪܐ • (səqārā) m(uncountable)

1. hatred, envy

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܩܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܩܪ		1st person	ܣܩܪܝ		ܣܩܪܢ
	construct	ܣܩܪ		2nd person	ܣܩܪܟ	ܣܩܪܟܝ	ܣܩܪܟܘܢ	ܣܩܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܩܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܩܪܗ	ܣܩܪܗ	ܣܩܪܗܘܢ	ܣܩܪܗܝܢ

References

• “sqr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-01
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 235b, 236a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 389a
• 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. 1041a