ܫܡܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܫܘܡܝܪܐ

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁמִיר (šāmîr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑmirɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑmire(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܡܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܡܝܪܐ)

1. diamond, adamant; hard steel
2. diamond point, steel graver
3. (mineralogy) emery, emery powder

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܡܝܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܡܝܪ		1st person	ܫܡܝܪܝ		ܫܡܝܪܢ
	construct	ܫܡܝܪ		2nd person	ܫܡܝܪܟ	ܫܡܝܪܟܝ	ܫܡܝܪܟܘܢ	ܫܡܝܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܡܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܫܡܝܪܗ	ܫܡܝܪܗ	ܫܡܝܪܗܘܢ	ܫܡܝܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܡܝܪܝܢ		1st person	ܫܡܝܪܝ		ܫܡܝܪܝܢ
	construct	ܫܡܝܪܝ		2nd person	ܫܡܝܪܝܟ	ܫܡܝܪܝܟܝ	ܫܡܝܪܝܟܘܢ	ܫܡܝܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܡܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܫܡܝܪܘܗܝ	ܫܡܝܪܝܗ	ܫܡܝܪܝܗܘܢ	ܫܡܝܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “šmyr”, 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, p. 373a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 584a
• 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. 1573a