ܡܙܥܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Root
ܙ ܥ ܪ (z ˁ r)
5 terms

Etymology

Classical passive participle of the verb ܡܙܲܥܸܪ (mzaˁir, “to diminish, to make small”).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [məzaʕ.rɑː]

Adjective

ܡܙܲܥܪܵܐ • (mzaˁrā) (feminine ܡܙܲܥܲܪܬܵܐ (mzaˁartā), plural ܡܙܲܥܪܹ̈ܐ (mzaˁrē))

  1. (grammar) diminutive
    ’ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ‘، ܫܸܡܵܐ ܡܙܲܥܪܵܐ ܕܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ، ܟܹܐ ܡܣܲܟܸܠ ’ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ‘.
    ‘kṯāḇōnā’, šimmā mzaˁrā dkṯāḇā, kē msakkil ‘kṯāḇā zˁōrā’.
    ‘Booklet’, the diminutive noun of book, means ‘small book’.

Derived terms
  • ܫܸܡܵܐ ܡܙܲܥܪܵܐ (šimmā mzaˁrā, “diminutive noun, nomen deminutivum”)
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