ܫܘܪܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܫ ܪ ܐ (š r ˀ)
8 terms

Verbal noun of ܡܫܲܪܹܐ (mšarrē, “to begin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃurraːjaː]

Noun

ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ • (šurrāyā) m (plural ܫܘܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šūrāyē))

1. beginning, origin
2. opening, introduction, preface
3. (Christianity) exordium, kind of psalm

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܐ. The sense of "subject" is a calque of Arabic مُبْتَدَأ (mubtadaʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃurrɑjɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃurrɑje] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܪܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܝܐ)

1. beginning, origin
2. opening, introduction, preface
3. (Christianity) exordium, kind of psalm
4. (grammar) subject

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܪܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܘܪܝ		1st person	ܫܘܪܝܝ		ܫܘܪܝܢ
	construct	ܫܘܪܝ		2nd person	ܫܘܪܝܟ	ܫܘܪܝܟܝ	ܫܘܪܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܪܝܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܪܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܘܪܝܝܢ		1st person	ܫܘܪܝܝ		ܫܘܪܝܝܢ
	construct	ܫܘܪܝܝ		2nd person	ܫܘܪܝܝܟ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܪܝܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܪܝܘܗܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “beginning”): ܫܘܠܡܐ

Etymology 2

From ܫܘܪܐ (Šūrāʾ, “Assyria”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”) + the masculine gentilic suffix ܝܐ- (-āyāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃurɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃurɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܫܘܪܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܘܪܝܬܐ)

1. Assyrian

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܪܝܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܫܘܪܝ	ܫܘܪܝܐ	ܫܘܪܝܝܢ	ܫܘܪܝܢ
construct	ܫܘܪܝ	ܫܘܪܝܬ	ܫܘܪܝܝ	ܫܘܪܝܬ
emphatic	ܫܘܪܝܐ	ܫܘܪܝܬܐ	ܫܘܪܝܐ	ܫܘܪܝܬܐ

Noun

ܫܘܪܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܘܪܝܬܐ)

1. Assyrian

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܪܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܘܪܝ		1st person	ܫܘܪܝܝ		ܫܘܪܝܢ
	construct	ܫܘܪܝ		2nd person	ܫܘܪܝܟ	ܫܘܪܝܟܝ	ܫܘܪܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܪܝܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܪܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܘܪܝܝܢ		1st person	ܫܘܪܝܝ		ܫܘܪܝܝܢ
	construct	ܫܘܪܝܝ		2nd person	ܫܘܪܝܝܟ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܪܝܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܪܝܘܗܝ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܪܝܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܐܬܘܪܝܐ

References

• “šwry”, 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, pp. 382b, 419b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 568b
• 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. 1536a