Classical Syriac

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. sowing
3. field
4. young or immature offspring; egg, nestling
5. family, offspring, race
6. (in the plural) descendants
7. lineage, bloodline

Inflection

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.

Derived terms

• ܒܝܬ ܙܪܥܐ

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

• “zr(”, 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. 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