The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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l_ p03

  0 to, for Com.
  1 : of general relationship (nominal) Com. --(a) non-animate genitive Com. --(b) of interest or disinterest Com.
  2 : of general relationship (verbal) Com. --(a) + infinitive : purpose Com. --(b) + infinitive : it is necessary to Syr.
  3 : dative Com. --(a) with transitive verbs Com. --(b) with intransitive verbs Com. --(c) ethical dative Com.
  4 : direction Com. --(a) addressee of letters Com. --(b) כל + direction name : in the direction of Qum.
  5 : possession Com. --(a) forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ... Com.
  6 : marking the definite direct object Com.
  7 : subject of a passive part. in a perfective construction OfA-Pers, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
  8 + number : after X Syr.
  9 in fixed expressions . --(a) to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife Com. --(b) לאמר , לְמֵמַר : as follows, quoteative introduction , OfAGen.

z(wr A05

zˁwr (zˁōr) adj. small

In Syriac the feminine adds a yodh before the feminine ending, except in the emphatic singluar; hence sg. ܙܥܘܪܝܵܐ ܙܥܘܪܝܲܬ ܙܥܘܪܬܵܐ ; pl. ܙܥܘܪ̈ܝܵܢ ܙܥܘܪ̈ܝܵܬ ܙܥܘܪ̈ܝܵܬܵܐ -- see SG§71:2

  1 small Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr. --(a) young JLAtg, Man.
  2 humble Syr.
  3 few, small amount Syr. --(a) often in construct with the governed noun : lacking in, few in Syr. --(b) ܕܠܐ ܒܙܥܘܪ : considerable, in substantial amount Syr.
  4 pl: a few things Syr. --(a) ܒܲܙܥܘܿܪ̈ܝܵܬܵܐ or simply ܙܥܘܿܪ̈ܝܵܬܵܐ : in brief Syr.