ܕܪܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic ذِرَاع‎ (ḏirāʿ); Hebrew זְרוֹעַ‎ (zərṓaʿ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d(ə)rɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [d(ə)rɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܪܥܐ • (dərāʿāʾ) m (plural ܕܪܥܐ)

  1. (anatomy) arm, upper arm; elbow; shoulder
  2. forequarter
  3. cubit, ell
  4. sleeve
  5. armrest, side brace
  6. first guest

Usage notes

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection
    declension of ܕܪܥܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܕܪܥ ܕܪܥܝܢ
construct ܕܪܥ ܕܪܥܝ
emphatic ܕܪܥܐ ܕܪܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܕܪܥܝ ܕܪܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܕܪܥܟ ܕܪܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܕܪܥܟܝ ܕܪܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܕܪܥܗ ܕܪܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܕܪܥܗ ܕܪܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܕܪܥܢ ܕܪܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܕܪܥܟܘܢ ܕܪܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܕܪܥܟܝܢ ܕܪܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܕܪܥܗܘܢ ܕܪܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܕܪܥܗܝܢ ܕܪܥܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “drˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-12
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 71a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 98a
  • 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. 324b
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