ܫܘܢܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic שׁוּנָּרָא (šunnāra), from a metathesis of Akkadian 𒊓𒀀 (šurānum); compare Arabic سِنَّوْر (sinnawr) and Hebrew שֻׁנָּר (šunnār).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃunˈnɑːrɑː]

Noun

ܫܘܼܢܵܪܵܐ • (šunnārām (plural ܫܘܼܢܵܪܹ̈ܐ (šūnārē), feminine ܫܢܵܪܬܵܐ (šnārtā))

  1. (formal, literary) cat
    Synonym: ܩܵܛܘܿ (qāṭō)

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܼܢܵܪܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܫܘܼܢܵܪ (šūnār) 1st person ܫܘܼܢܵܪܝܼ (šūnārī) ܫܘܼܢܵܪܲܢ (šūnāran)
construct ܫܘܼܢܵܪ (šūnār) 2nd person ܫܘܼܢܵܪܘܼܟ݂ (šūnārōḵ) ܫܘܼܢܵܪܵܟ݂ܝ (šūnārāḵ) ܫܘܼܢܵܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šūnārawḵōn)
emphatic ܫܘܼܢܵܪܵܐ (šunnārā) 3rd person ܫܘܼܢܵܪܹܗ (šūnārēh) ܫܘܼܢܵܪܵܗ̇ (šūnārāh) ܫܘܼܢܵܪܗܘܿܢ (šūnārhōn)
plural absolute ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܝܼܢ (šūnārīn) 1st person ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܝܼ (šūnārī) ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܲܢ (šūnāran)
construct ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܲܝ (šūnāray) 2nd person ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (šūnārōḵ) ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (šūnārāḵ) ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šūnārawḵōn)
emphatic ܫܘܼܢܵܪܹ̈ܐ (šūnārē) 3rd person ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (šūnārūh) ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (šūnārōh) ܫܘܼܢܵܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (šūnārayhōn)

Derived terms

  • ܫܘܼܢܵܪܵܝܵܐ (šūnārāyā)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܫܘܪܢܐ (šūrānā), ܣܢܘܪܐ (sannūrā)

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒊓𒀀 (šurānum); compare Arabic سِنَّوْر (sinnawr) (an Aramaic loan), Hebrew שֻׁנָּר (šunnār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃunˈnɑ.rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃunˈnɑ.re] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܢܪܐ • (šunnārām (plural ܫܘܢܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܢܪܬܐ)

  1. cat
    Synonyms: ܩܛܐ, ܟܟܘܫܬܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܢܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܫܘܢܪ 1st person ܫܘܢܪܝ ܫܘܢܪܢ
construct ܫܘܢܪ 2nd person ܫܘܢܪܟ ܫܘܢܪܟܝ ܫܘܢܪܟܘܢ ܫܘܢܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܫܘܢܪܐ 3rd person ܫܘܢܪܗ ܫܘܢܪܗ ܫܘܢܪܗܘܢ ܫܘܢܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܫܘܢܪܝܢ 1st person ܫܘܢܪܝ ܫܘܢܪܝܢ
construct ܫܘܢܪܝ 2nd person ܫܘܢܪܝܟ ܫܘܢܪܝܟܝ ܫܘܢܪܝܟܘܢ ܫܘܢܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܫܘܢܪܐ 3rd person ܫܘܢܪܘܗܝ ܫܘܢܪܝܗ ܫܘܢܪܝܗܘܢ ܫܘܢܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • Arabic: سِنَّوْر (sinnawr)

References

  • šwnr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 24 October 2012
  • Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 363a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 566b
  • 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, page 1530b