ܕܟܪܐ

ܕܟܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man; male; phallus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛx.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪx.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛx.ro]

Noun

ܕܟܪܐ • (deḵrā) m (plural ܕܟܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܩܒܬܐ‎ (neqbəṯā))

1. male, man
   • Peshitta, Mark 10:6:

     ‏ܡܢ ܒܪܫܝܬ ܕܝܢ. ܕܟܪܐ ܘܢܩܒܬܐ ܥܒܕ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܠܗܐ.‎‎

     men bərāšīṯ dên, deḵrā wə-neqbəṯā ʿəḇaḏ ʾennōn ʾălāhā.

     But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’

2. (anatomy) penis
3. (in the plural, anatomy) male genitalia
4. ram (male sheep)
5. (uncountable) arsenic

Inflection

    inflection of ܕܟܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܕܟܪ‎	ܕܟܪܝܢ‎
construct	ܕܟܪ‎	ܕܟܪܝ‎
emphatic	ܕܟܪܐ	ܕܟܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܕܟܪܝ‎	ܕܟܪܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܕܟܪܟ‎	ܕܟܪܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܕܟܪܟܝ‎	ܕܟܪܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܕܟܪܗ‎	ܕܟܪܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܕܟܪܗ‎	ܕܟܪܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܕܟܪܢ‎	ܕܟܪܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܕܟܪܟܘܢ‎	ܕܟܪܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܕܟܪܟܝܢ‎	ܕܟܪܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܕܟܪܗܘܢ‎	ܕܟܪܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܕܟܪܗܝܢ‎	ܕܟܪܝܗܝܢ‎

Synonyms

• (man): ܓܒܪܐ‎ (gaḇrā)
• (penis): ܒܣܪܐ‎ (besrā), ܠܒܐ‎ (lebbā)
• (ram): ܟܒܫܐ‎ (keḇšā)

References

• “dkr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-05
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 64b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 92a
• 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, page 302b