Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʕɑrtɑ(ʔ)], [s(ə)ʕartɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʕɑre(ʔ)], [s(ə)ʕɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܥܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܣܥܪܬܐ or ܣܥܪܐ)

1. (anatomy) single hair

Inflection

See also

• ܣܥܪܐ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic شَعِير ‎(šaʿīr) and Hebrew שְׂעוֹרָה ‎(śəʿôrâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʕɑr(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʕɑre(ʔ)], [s(ə)ʕɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܥܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܣܥܪܬܐ or ܣܥܪܐ)

1. barley
2. barleycorn (unit of measure)
3. (pathology) kind of eye disease

Inflection

References

• “s(rh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 233a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 384b
• 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. 1028b