Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dajrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dajre(ʔ)], [dajrɑθɑ(ʔ)], [dajrawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܝܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) c ‎(plural ܕܝܪܘܬܐ or ܕܝܪܬܐ or ܕܝܪܐ)

1. dwelling, habitation
2. (usually feminine gender) monastery, convent
3. lodge
4. cote, fold
5. den

Inflection

Usage notes

The plurals ܕܝܪܬܐ ‎(dayrāṯāʾ) and ܕܝܪܘܬܐ ‎(dayrawwāṯāʾ) are used for the sense of "monastery" while the plural ܕܝܪܐ ‎(dayrēʾ) is used for other senses.

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Arabic دَيَّار ‎(dayyār) and Hebrew דַּיָּר ‎(dayyār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dajjɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dajjɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܝܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܕܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܝܪܬܐ)

1. dweller, inhabitant

Inflection

References

• “dyr”, 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, pp. 61b-62a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 91a-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. 300a