ארעא

Aramaic

Alternative forms
  • אַרְקָא (ʾarqā)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

Noun

אַרְעָא • (ʾarʿā) f (plural אַרְעָתָא)

  1. land, soil, earth
  2. land, ground
  3. land, country
    • Passover Haggadah:
      הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִּי אֲכָלוּ אַבְהָתָנָא בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם
      hā laḥmā ʿanyā dī ʾăḵā́lū ʾaḇhāṯānā bəʾarʿā ḏəmiṣráyim
      this is the poor bread that our ancestors ate in the Land of Egypt

Inflection
StateSingularPlural
Absoluteאַרַעאַרְעָן
Constructאַרַעאַרְעָת
Determinedאַרְעָאאַרְעָתָא
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