ܣܟܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Akkadian 𒋛𒆠𒀸 (/⁠sekēru⁠/, to dam up, to block or hinder).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sakk(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sakk(ə)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܟܪܐ • (sakkərā) f (plural ܣܟܪܐ)

  1. shield, buckler, scutum, target
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒋝𒊒 (/⁠sikru⁠/). Compare Hebrew סֶכֶר (séḵer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s(ə)xɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [s(ə)xɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܟܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܟܪܐ)

  1. shutting
  2. stoppage, block, obstacle, barrier, obstruction
  3. (pathology) obstruction in the liver
  4. (architecture) dam, floodgate, mole, bulwark
Inflection

References

  • skr”, 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. 229a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 378a
  • 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, pp. 1011b-1012a
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