ܕܘܟܪܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܕ-ܟ-ܪ (d-k-r) related to remembering. Compare Hebrew זִכָּרוֹן (zikkārōn). The sense of "portion of a sacrifice" is a calque of Hebrew אַזְכָּרָה (ʾazkārâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [duxrɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA(key): [duxrɑne(ʔ)] (plural)
Noun
ܕܘܟܪܢܐ • (duḵrānā) m (plural ܕܘܟܪܢܐ)
- memory, remembrance, commemoration
- memorial
- portion of a sacrifice
- funeral feast
- festival day
Inflection
inflection of ܕܘܟܪܢܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܕܘܟܪܢ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝܢ |
| construct | ܕܘܟܪܢ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝ |
| emphatic | ܕܘܟܪܢܐ | ܕܘܟܪܢܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܕܘܟܪܢܝ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܕܘܟܪܢܟ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܕܘܟܪܢܟܝ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܕܘܟܪܢܗ | ܕܘܟܪܢܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܕܘܟܪܢܗ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܕܘܟܪܢܢ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܕܘܟܪܢܟܘܢ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܕܘܟܪܢܟܝܢ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܕܘܟܪܢܗܘܢ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܕܘܟܪܢܗܝܢ | ܕܘܟܪܢܝܗܝܢ |
Descendants
- → Malayalam: ദുക്റാന (dukṟāna)
References
- “dwkrn”, 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, p. 64b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 86a
- 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. 281a