ܫܘܪܛܐ

Root
ܫ ܪ ܛ (š r ṭ)
3 terms

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Arabic شُرْطَة (šurṭa), itself ultimately from a phono-semantic matching of Latin cohors (“cohort, bodyguard”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃur.tˤɑː]

ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ • (šurṭā) m (collective, singulative ܫܘܼܪܛܵܝܵܐ (šurṭāyā), plural ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܹܐ (šurṭē))

1. royal guard, city watchman
2. Praetorian
3. (modern) police, policemen

   ܩܪܝܼ ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ! ― qrī šurṭā ādīyā! ― Call the police now!

Inflection of ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ (šurṭā)
number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܫܘܼܪܛܝܼ (šurṭī)		ܫܘܼܪܛܲܢ (šurṭan)
	construct	ܫܪܘܼܛ (šrūṭ)	2nd person	ܫܘܼܪܛܘܼܟ݂ (šurṭūḵ)	ܫܘܼܪܛܵܟ݂ܝ (šurṭāḵ)	ܫܘܼܪܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šurṭāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ (šurṭā)	3rd person	ܫܘܼܪܛܹܗ (šurṭēh)	ܫܘܼܪܛܘܿܗ̇ (šurṭōh)	ܫܘܼܪܛܗܘܿܢ (šurṭhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܝܼ (šurṭī)		ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܲܢ (šurṭan)
	construct	ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܲܝ (šurṭay)	2nd person	ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܘܼܟ݂ (šurṭūḵ)	ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܵܟ݂ܝ (šurṭāḵ)	ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šurṭāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܹܐ (šurṭē)	3rd person	ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܘܼܗܝ (šurṭūh)	ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܘܿܗ̇ (šurṭōh)	ܫܘܼܪ̈ܛܗܘܿܢ (šurṭhōn)

• ܒܹܝܬ ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ (bēt šurṭā, “police station”)

• ܫܲܪܛܵܐ (šarṭā, “condition, rule”)

From Arabic شُرْطَة (šurṭa).

• ܫܪܛܐ

• IPA^(key): [ʃurtˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃurtˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܫܘܪܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܪܛܐ)

1. guard, royal guard, city watchman
2. (in the plural) Praetorian guard

• IPA^(key): [ʃurtˤɑ(ʔ)]

ܫܘܪܛܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܘܪܛܝܬܐ)

1. pea, pulse, oat

• “šwrṭˀ”, 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. 383b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 568b
• 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. 1536a