ܐܟܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒀳 (/ikkāru/, “farmer”), from Sumerian 𒀳 (/engar/, “farmer”). Also found as Jewish Aramaic אִיכָּרָא / אִכָּרָא‎ (ʾikkārā) and Hebrew אִכָּר‎ (ʾikkār).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔakkɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔakkɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܐܟܪܐ • (ʾakkārā) m (plural ܐܟܪܐ (ʾakkārē))

  1. farmer, husbandman, plowman
  2. (figuratively) apostle, minister

Inflection
    declension of ܐܟܪܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܐܟܪ ܐܟܪܝܢ
construct ܐܟܪ ܐܟܪܝ
emphatic ܐܟܪܐ ܐܟܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܐܟܪܝ ܐܟܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܐܟܪܟ ܐܟܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܐܟܪܟܝ ܐܟܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܐܟܪܗ ܐܟܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܐܟܪܗ ܐܟܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܐܟܪܢ ܐܟܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܐܟܪܟܘܢ ܐܟܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܐܟܪܟܝܢ ܐܟܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܐܟܪܗܘܢ ܐܟܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܐܟܪܗܝܢ ܐܟܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms
  • ܐܟܪ‎ (akar, “to cultivate”)
  • ܐܟܪܘܬܐ‎ (ˀakkārūṯā, “agriculture”)

Descendants

References
  • “ˀkr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 10a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 17a
  • 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 46a
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