ܐܪܚܐ

From Aramaic אָרְחָא (ˀārḥā), equivalent to the active participle of ܐܵܪܹܚ (ārēḥ, “to journey, to travel”); compare Hebrew אוֹרֵחַ (oréakh). The first sense developed from the second, where travelers were regularly treated as guests, and guests from other villages would typically travel long distances.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɑrːxɑː]

ܐܵܪܚܵܐ • (ārḥā) m sg (plural ܐܵܪ̈ܚܹܐ (ārḥē), feminine ܐܵܪܸܚܬܵܐ (āriḥtā))

1. guest, visitor

   Synonym: ܣܲܚܒܪܵܢܵܐ (saḥbrānā)

2. traveller, wayfarer, passer-by

• ܐܵܪܚܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ārḥūṯā, “hospitality, banquet, entertainment”)

• ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ (mˀarḥānā, “host”)
• ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (urḥā, “road, way”)

ܐܪܚܐ (ܡܛܚܢܐ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ)

From Aramaic רְחֵא/ܪܚܹܐ (rḥē) with a prosthetic alaph, the absolute form of רַחְיָא (raḥyā); compare Classical Syriac ܪܲܚܝܵܐ (“mill, millstone”), notice both having the feminine gender despite a masculine noun structure; compare also Arabic رَحَى (raḥā, “millstone”) and Hebrew רֵחַיִם (rekháyim, “millstone, grindstone”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɪrːxeː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔarːxeː], [ʔɪrːxeː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔarːxeː]

ܐܸܪܚܹܐ • (irḥē) f sg (plural ܐܸܪ̈ܚܵܬ݂ܹܐ (irḥāṯē) or ܐܸܪ̈ܚܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (irḥawwāṯā))

1. watermill
   • Matthew 18:6:

     ܘܡ̇ܢ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ ܬܘܼܪܩܵܠܵܐ ܠܚܲܕ݇ ܡ̣ܢ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܙܥܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܟܹܐ ܗܲܡܸܢܝܼ ܒܝܼܝܼ، ܦܲܩܵܚܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐܸܠܹܗ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܬܸܠܝܵܐ ܟܹܐܦܵܐ ܕܐܸܪܚܹܐ ܒܩܕ݂ܵܠܹܗ ܘܗܵܘܹܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܪܘܼܦܝܵܐ ܒܥܘܼܡܩܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ.

     w-man d-hāwē turqālā l-ḥa min hālēn zˁōrē d-kē hamminī bīyī, paqqāḥā ìwā illēh d-hāwē wā tilyā kēpā d-irḥē b-qḏālēh w-hāwē wā rupyā b-ˁumqā d-yāmā.

     Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

• ܪܲܚܵܝܵܐ (raḥḥāyā, “miller”)
• ܡܲܛܚܵܢܵܐ (maṭḥānā)
• ܓܵܪܘܿܣܬܵܐ (gārōstā, “handmill”)

• “ܐܵܪܚܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2024 February 25 (last accessed)
• “ܐܸܪܚܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2024 February 25 (last accessed)

From Akkadian 𒋞𒀖 (arḫu [SIG₄.AB₂]).

• ܐܪܗܐ
• ܐܪܟܐ

Uncertain.

ܐܪܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܪܚܐ)

1. half roof tile

From the root ܐ-ܪ-ܚ (ʾ-r-ḥ) related to going or travelling. Compare Hebrew אוֹרֵחַ (ʾôrḗaḥ).

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑrħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɑrħe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܐܪܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܪܚܐ)

1. traveller, wayfarer, passer-by
2. guest, visitor

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑrħɑ(ʔ)]

ܐܪܚܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܪܚܬܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܐܘܪܚܐ

• “ˀrḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-18-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 19a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 28b
• 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. 98a