ܝܥܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew יַעַר (yáʾar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jaʕrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jaʕre] (plural)

Noun

ܝܥܪܐ • (yaʿrā) m (plural ܝܥܪܐ (yaʿrē))

  1. thicket, shrubbery, brushwood
  2. bramble, briar
  3. (horticulture) sucker
  4. (figuratively) sin; adversity, misfortune

Inflection

References

  • yˁr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • [yˀrˀtˀ]”, 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 143a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 194b
  • 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 v
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