ܙܪܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܙ-ܪ-ܥ‎ (z-r-ʿ) related to sowing, from Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Compare Akkadian 𒆰 (zērum), Arabic زَرْع‎ (zarʕ), and Hebrew זֶרַע‎ (zéraʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zarʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zarʕe(ʔ)], [zarʕɑθɑ(ʔ)], [zarʕ(ə)jɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܪܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܪܥܝܬܐ‎ or ܙܪܥܬܐ‎ or ܙܪܥܐ)

  1. seed, grain
  2. semen, sperm
  3. sowing
  4. field
  5. young or immature offspring; egg, nestling
  6. family, offspring, race
  7. (in the plural) descendants
  8. lineage, bloodline
Usage notes

The plural ܙܪܥܬܐ‎ (zarʿāṯāʾ) is used for the sense of "field", the plural ܙܪܥܝܬܐ‎ (zarʿəjāṯāʾ) is used for the sense of "descendant", and the plural ܙܪܥܐ‎ (zarʿēʾ) is used for other senses.

Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the root ܙ-ܪ-ܥ‎ (z-r-ʿ) related to sowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [z(ə)rɑʕɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܙܪܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. sowing
  2. dispersion
Inflection

References

  • “zrˁ”, 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. 92b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 121a-b
  • 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. 400a
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