ܐܪܥܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܐܪܥܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic אַרְעָא (ʾarʿā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔarʕaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔarʔa], [ʔara]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔarraː]

Noun

ܐܲܪܥܵܐ • (arˁā) f (plural ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (arˁāṯā))

  1. land, soil, earth
  2. field, property
  3. ground, floor
  4. (architecture) ground floor, first floor
  5. country, region

Proper noun

ܐܲܪܥܵܐ • (arˁā) f

  1. Earth

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔarʕɑ]

Noun

ܐܪܥܐ • (ʔarʕā) f (plural ܐܪܥܬܐ (ʔarʕāṯā))

  1. land, soil, earth
  2. field
  3. ground, floor
  4. (architecture) ground floor, first floor
  5. bottom
  6. country, region

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܐܪܥܢ
  • ܐܪܥܢܝ

See also

Proper noun

ܐܪܥܐ • (ʔarʕā) f

  1. Earth

References

  • ˀrˁ”, 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, page 20b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 30a
  • 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, page 104a-b
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