ܨܘܪܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܨ ܘ ܪ (ṣ w r)
7 terms

Compare Turoyo ܨܷܪܬܐ (ṣërto), Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra) and Hebrew צוּרָה (ṣûrâ).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sˤurtaː] (singular)
    IPA(key): [sˤuːraːθeː] (plural)
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [sˤurta], [sˤarta]

Noun

ܨܘܼܪܬܵܐ • (ṣurtā) f (plural ܨܘܼܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ṣūrāṯē) or ܨܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ṣuryāṯē))

  1. image, picture
  2. statue
  3. form, type
  4. lineament, feature
  5. embroidery
  6. (in the plural) facial structure; facial features or characteristics; facial structures
Usage notes
  • The plural ܨܘܼܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ṣūrāṯē) is only used for the meaning “facial feature(s); facial structure(s)” and both this plural and the singular may also be used to refer to a single person’s facial structure
Inflection

Etymology 2

Root
ܨ ܘ ܪ (ṣ w r)
7 terms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sˤaːwartaː]

Noun

ܨܵܘܲܪܬܵܐ • (ṣāwartā) f (plural only)

  1. dizziness

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Lord’s prayer in Aramaic

From the root ܨ-ܘ-ܪ (ṣ-w-r) related to forming. Compare Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra) and Hebrew צוּרָה (ṣûrâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sˤurtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˤurɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܨܘܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܨܘܪܬܐ)

  1. image, picture
  2. statue
  3. form, type
  4. lineament, feature
  5. moral character
  6. text, writing (especially sacred text)
  7. embroidery
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܨ-ܘ-ܪ (ṣ-w-r) related to being faint.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sˤɑwartɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܨܘܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. dizziness
Inflection

References

  • ṣwrh”, 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. 300a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 476b
  • 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. 1282a
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