ܡܐܡܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܐ ܡ ܪ (ˀ m r) |
| 9 terms |
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܐܡܪܐ; compare Hebrew מַאֲמָר (ma'amár).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܹܐܡܪܵܐ • (mēmrā) m (plural ܡܹܐܡܪܹ̈ܐ (mēmrē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܹܐܡܲܪ (mēmar) | 1st person | ܡܹܐܡܪܝܼ (mēmrī) | ܡܹܐܡܪܲܢ (mēmran) | |||
| construct | ܡܹܐܡܲܪ (mēmar) | 2nd person | ܡܹܐܡܪܘܼܟ݂ (mēmrōḵ) | ܡܹܐܡܪܵܟ݂ܝ (mēmrāḵ) | ܡܹܐܡܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mēmrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܹܐܡܪܵܐ (mēmrā) | 3rd person | ܡܹܐܡܪܹܗ (mēmrēh) | ܡܹܐܡܪܵܗ̇ (mēmrāh) | ܡܹܐܡܪܗܘܿܢ (mēmrhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܝܼܢ (mēmrīn) | 1st person | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܝܼ (mēmrī) | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܲܢ (mēmran) | |||
| construct | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܲܝ (mēmray) | 2nd person | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (mēmrōḵ) | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (mēmrāḵ) | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mēmrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܹܐܡܪܹ̈ܐ (mēmrē) | 3rd person | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (mēmrūh) | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (mēmrōh) | ܡܹܐܡܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (mēmrayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܡܹܐܡܪܵܐ ܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܝܵܐ (mēmrā šūˀālāyā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܐ ܡ ܪ related to saying. Compare Hebrew מַאֲמָר (maʾămār).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [me(ʔ)mrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [me(ʔ)mre] (plural)
Noun
ܡܐܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܐܡܪܐ)
- speech, oration, diction
- discourse, tractate, treatise, chapter
- homily, sermon
- proposition
- (grammar) sentence, predicate, verb
- remark
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܐܡܪ | 1st person | ܡܐܡܪܝ | ܡܐܡܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܐܡܪ | 2nd person | ܡܐܡܪܟ | ܡܐܡܪܟܝ | ܡܐܡܪܟܘܢ | ܡܐܡܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܐܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܐܡܪܗ | ܡܐܡܪܗ | ܡܐܡܪܗܘܢ | ܡܐܡܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܐܡܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܐܡܪܝ | ܡܐܡܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܐܡܪܝ | 2nd person | ܡܐܡܪܝܟ | ܡܐܡܪܝܟܝ | ܡܐܡܪܝܟܘܢ | ܡܐܡܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܐܡܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܐܡܪܘܗܝ | ܡܐܡܪܝܗ | ܡܐܡܪܝܗܘܢ | ܡܐܡܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “mˀmr”, 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, page 12a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a
- 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, →ISBN, pages 701b–702a