ܥܘܪܐ

See also: ܥܘܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܥ-ܘ-ܪ (ʿ-w-r) related to blinding. Compare Arabic عُور (ʕūr) and Hebrew עִוָּרוֹן (ʿiwwārôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕure(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܘܪܐ)

1. any minute particle that hurts the eye; fine dust, chaff, smoke

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܘܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܘܪ		1st person	ܥܘܪܝ		ܥܘܪܢ
	construct	ܥܘܪ		2nd person	ܥܘܪܟ	ܥܘܪܟܝ	ܥܘܪܟܘܢ	ܥܘܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܘܪܐ		3rd person	ܥܘܪܗ	ܥܘܪܗ	ܥܘܪܗܘܢ	ܥܘܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܘܪܝܢ		1st person	ܥܘܪܝ		ܥܘܪܝܢ
	construct	ܥܘܪܝ		2nd person	ܥܘܪܝܟ	ܥܘܪܝܟܝ	ܥܘܪܝܟܘܢ	ܥܘܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܘܪܐ		3rd person	ܥܘܪܘܗܝ	ܥܘܪܝܗ	ܥܘܪܝܗܘܢ	ܥܘܪܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܥ-ܘ-ܪ (ʿ-w-r) related to blinding. Compare Arabic أَعْوَر (ʔaʕwar) and Hebrew עִוֵּר (ʿiwwēr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)wɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܥܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܘܪܬܐ)

1. blind

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܘܪܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܥܘܪ	ܥܘܪܐ	ܥܘܪܝܢ	ܥܘܪܢ
construct	ܥܘܪ	ܥܘܪܬ	ܥܘܪܝ	ܥܘܪܬ
emphatic	ܥܘܪܐ	ܥܘܪܬܐ	ܥܘܪܐ	ܥܘܪܬܐ

Noun

ܥܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. blindness

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܘܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܘܪ		1st person	ܥܘܪܝ		ܥܘܪܢ
	construct	ܥܘܪ		2nd person	ܥܘܪܟ	ܥܘܪܟܝ	ܥܘܪܟܘܢ	ܥܘܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܘܪܐ		3rd person	ܥܘܪܗ	ܥܘܪܗ	ܥܘܪܗܘܢ	ܥܘܪܗܝܢ

References

• “ˁwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-20
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 248b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 407b
• 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. 1086a-b