ܫܝܪܝܐ
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Aramaic שִּׁירָיָא (šīrāyā, “silk; a kind of silk garment”), from Chinese 絲 (MC si). Equivalent to being named after the people from whom silk was obtained, ܫܝܼܪ (šīr, “Seres, Northern China”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Mandaic ࡔࡉ࡚ࡓࡀࡉࡀ (/šērāyā/), Arabic سِيرَاء (sīrāʔ), Ge'ez ሢራይ (śiray) and Ancient Greek Σήρ (Sḗr).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ • (šīrāyā) m (plural ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šīrāyē))
- silk
- Synonyms: ܐܲܒ݂ܪܝܼܫܘܼܡܵܐ (aḇrīšūmā), ܩܲܙܵܐ (qazzā), ܩܘܼܕ݂ܩܵܐ (quḏqā)
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (šīrāyā) | ||||||||
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| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܝܼ (šīrāyī) |
ܫܝܼܪܵܝܲܢ (šīrāyan) | |||
| construct | ܫܝܼܪܵܝ (šīrāy) |
2nd person | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (šīrāyūḵ) |
ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (šīrāyāḵ) |
ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīrāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (šīrāyā) |
3rd person | ܫܝܼܪܵܝܹܗ (šīrāyēh) |
ܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܗ̇ (šīrāyāh) |
ܫܝܼܪܵܝܗܘܿܢ (šīrāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܝܼ (šīrāyī) |
ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܢ (šīrāyan) | |||
| construct | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܲܝ (šīrāyay) |
2nd person | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (šīrāyūḵ) |
ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (šīrāyāḵ) |
ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīrāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (šīrāyē) |
3rd person | ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܼܗܝ (šīrāyūh) |
ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܘܿܗ̇ (šīrāyōh) |
ܫܝܼܪ̈ܵܝܗܘܿܢ (šīrāyhōn) | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- [Term?] (“silky”)
- ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܕܫܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ (urḥā d-šīrāyā, “the Silk Road”)
Categories:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms inherited from Aramaic
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Aramaic
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Chinese
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms suffixed with -ܝܐ
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic lemmas
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic nouns
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic masculine nouns
- aii:Clothing
- aii:Fabrics
- aii:Fibers