How to read Syriac
NOTE! Here we present the vocals and pronaunciation in "West Syriac".
For east Syriac please see other sources.
For east Syriac please see other sources.
Example | Phonetic | Pronaunciation | Vocals | Meaning | Name | Letter | ||
ܐܰܒܳܐ aboː | a | a [and] | ![]() |
A | olaf | ܐ | ||
ܐܳܪܚܳܐ oːrhoː | oː | o [or] | ![]() |
B | beth | ܒ | ||
ܐܶܡܳܐ emoː | ɛ or e | e [else] | ![]() |
G | gomal | ܓ | ||
ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ iːloːnoː | iː | i [eagle] | ![]() |
D | dolath | ܕ | ||
ܐܽܘܪܚܳܐ uːrhoː | uː | oo [hood] | ![]() |
H | heh | ܗ | ||
O | waw | ܘ | ||||||
Z | zay | ܙ | ||||||
HH | heth | ܚ | ||||||
TT | tteth | ܛ | ||||||
Commentary | Example | Plural | Y, I | youth | ܝ | |||
You get a plural simply by adding the plural dots (..) on letters like: ܘ، ܝ، ܒ، ܓ، ܕ، ܪ، or ܗ | ܕܶܐܒܳܐ | Maskulinum singular | K | kof | ܟ | |||
Often ends maskulinum plural with E vocal, like debe | ܕ̈ܶܐܒܶܐ | Maskulinum plural | L | lomad | ܠ | |||
ܐܽܘܡܬܳܐ | Femininum singular | M | meem | ܡ | ||||
Nearly always ends with ـܳܬܳܐ | ܐܶܡܘ̈ܳܬܳܐ، ܐܽܘܡܘ̈ܳܬܳܐ | Femininum plural | N | noon | ܢܢ | |||
S | semkath | ܣ | ||||||
AA | Ain | ܥ | ||||||
F | Feh | ܦ | ||||||
SS | Sodeh | ܨ | ||||||
Q | Qof | ܩ | ||||||
R | Rish | ܪ | ||||||
SH | Sheen | ܫ | ||||||
T | taw | ܬ |