ܫܘܢܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܫܘܪܢܐ (šūrānā), ܣܢܘܪܐ (sannūrā)

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒊓𒀀 (šurānum); compare Arabic سِنَّوْر (sinnawr) (an Aramaic loan), Hebrew שֻׁנָּר (šunnār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃunˈnɑ.rɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃunˈnɑ.re] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܢܪܐ • (šunnārā) m (plural ܫܘܢܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܢܪܬܐ)

1. cat

   Synonyms: ܩܛܐ, ܟܟܘܫܬܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܢܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܘܢܪ		1st person	ܫܘܢܪܝ		ܫܘܢܪܢ
	construct	ܫܘܢܪ		2nd person	ܫܘܢܪܟ	ܫܘܢܪܟܝ	ܫܘܢܪܟܘܢ	ܫܘܢܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܢܪܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܢܪܗ	ܫܘܢܪܗ	ܫܘܢܪܗܘܢ	ܫܘܢܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܘܢܪܝܢ		1st person	ܫܘܢܪܝ		ܫܘܢܪܝܢ
	construct	ܫܘܢܪܝ		2nd person	ܫܘܢܪܝܟ	ܫܘܢܪܝܟܝ	ܫܘܢܪܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܢܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܢܪܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܢܪܘܗܝ	ܫܘܢܪܝܗ	ܫܘܢܪܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܢܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: سِنَّوْر (sinnawr)

References

• “šwnr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-24
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 363a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 566b
• 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 1530b