ܣܥܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic. Compare Akkadian 𒋠 (šārtu [SÍK]), Arabic شَعْرَة (šaʿra(t)), Hebrew שַׂעֲרָה (śaʿărâ), and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎓𐎗𐎚 (šʿrt, wool).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s(ə)ʕɑrtɑ(ʔ)], [s(ə)ʕartɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [s(ə)ʕɑre(ʔ)], [s(ə)ʕɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܥܪܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܥܪܬܐ or ܣܥܪܐ)

  1. (anatomy) single hair
Inflection
See also

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic شَعِير (šaʿīr) and Hebrew שְׂעוֹרָה (śəʿôrâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s(ə)ʕɑr(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [s(ə)ʕɑre(ʔ)], [s(ə)ʕɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܥܪܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܥܪܬܐ or ܣܥܪܐ)

  1. barley
  2. barleycorn (unit of measure)
  3. (medicine) kind of eye disease
Inflection

References

  • sˁrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 233a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 384b
  • 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. 1028b
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