ܢܡܪܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *namir-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈnɛm.rɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈnɪm.rɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈnem.ro]
Noun
ܢܡܪܐ • (nemrā) m (plural ܢܡܪܐ (nemrē), singular feminine counterpart ܢܡܪܬܐ (nemrəṯā, nəmarəṯā))
- leopard
- Synonym: ܦܪܕܝܢ
- Peshitta, Jeremiah 13:23:
- ܘܐܝܟ ܕܠܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܗܢܕܘܝܐ ܕܢܫܚܠܦ ܡܫܟܗ: ܘܢܡܪܐ ܟܟ̈ܠܬܗ: ܘܐܦ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܠܡܛܐܒܘ: ܡܛܠ ܕܝܠܦܬܘܢ ܒܝܫܬܐ.
- wə-ʾāḵ də-lā meškaḥ hendəwāyā ḏa-nəšaḥlep̄ meškēh, wə-nemrā ḵāḵəlāṯēh, wə-ʾāp̄ ʾa[n]tōn lā meškəḥīn ʾa[n]tōn lə-maṭʾāḇū, meṭṭol də-ʾīlep̄tōn bīštā.
- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
- (in the plural) Asherah poles
Inflection
inflection of ܢܡܪܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܢܡܪ | ܢܡܪܝܢ |
| construct | ܢܡܪ | ܢܡܪܝ |
| emphatic | ܢܡܪܐ | ܢܡܪܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܢܡܪܝ | ܢܡܪܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܢܡܪܟ | ܢܡܪܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܢܡܪܟܝ | ܢܡܪܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܢܡܪܗ | ܢܡܪܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܢܡܪܗ | ܢܡܪܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܢܡܪܢ | ܢܡܪܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܢܡܪܟܘܢ | ܢܡܪܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܢܡܪܟܝܢ | ܢܡܪܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܢܡܪܗܘܢ | ܢܡܪܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܢܡܪܗܝܢ | ܢܡܪܝܗܝܢ |
References
- “nmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-24
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 205b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 341a
- 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 922b