ܘܪܝܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܘ ܪ ܕ (w r d)
6 terms

Etymology

Within Aramaic only in Syriac and North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic. Necessarily borrowed, due to the un-Northwest Semitic retention of initial /w/, from Arabic وَرِيد (warīd) in the environs of pre-Islamic medical practitioners. Compare also in Akkadian 𒌨𒌑𒁺 (ur'udu, windpipe, throat veins) as well as borrowed into Hebrew וְרִיד (v'rid).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [warˈriːðɑː]

Noun

ܘܲܪܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ • (warīḏā) m sg (plural ܘܲܪ̈ܝܼܕ݂ܹܐ (warīḏē))

  1. (anatomy) vein, artery, nerve
  2. root, stem, trunk

Inflection

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Within Aramaic only in Syriac and North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic. Necessarily borrowed, due to the un-Northwest Semitic retention of initial /w/, potentially from Arabic وَرِيد (warīd, vein) in the environs of pre-Islamic medical practitioners.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [warˈri.ðɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [warˈri.ðɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [wɑˈri.ðo]

Noun

ܘܪܝܕܐ • (warrīḏā) m (plural ܘܪܝܕܐ (warrīḏē))

  1. (anatomy) vein, artery, nerve
  2. root, stem, trunk

Inflection

See also

References

  • wryd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-14
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 186a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 82b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 108b
  • 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 360a-b
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