ܝܪܘܩܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Root
ܘ ܪ ܩ (w r q)
6 terms
ܝܪܘܩܐ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Color derived from ܝܲܪܩܵܐ (yarqā, “vegetable, herb”); compare Hebrew יָרֹק (yarók).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ja.roːqɑː]

Adjective

ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ • (yarōqā) (feminine ܝܲܪܘܿܩܬܵܐ (yarōqtā), plural ܝܲܪ̈ܘܿܩܹܐ (yarōqē))

  1. green
    Synonym: ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)

Derived terms

Noun

ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ • (yarōqā) m

  1. green color

See also
Colors in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܓܵܘܢܹ̈ܐ (gāwnē) (layout · text)
     ܚܘܵܪܵܐ (ḥwārā)      ܩܛܘܿܡܵܐ (qṭōmā)      ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā)
             ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ (smōqā); ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܐ (qirmīzā)              ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ (ṭrōḡā); ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (purtqālā); ܫܚܘܿܡܵܐ (šḥōmā)              ܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁōṯā); ܙܵܪܓܵܐ (zārgā)
             ܠܲܝܡܵܐ (laymā)              ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqā)              ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)
             ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā)              ܙܪܘܿܩܵܐ (zrōqā)              ܡܝܼܠܵܐ (mīlā)
             ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (bānafšā); ܡܲܝܩܵܐ (mayqā)              ܦ̮ܘܼܫܝܼܵܐ (fūšīyā); ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ (argwānā)              ܘܲܪܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (warōḏā)

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܪ-ܩ (w-r-q), from Proto-Semitic *waraq- (“leaf”). Compare Hebrew יָרֹק (yārōq).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [yɑroqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [yɑroqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܝܪܘܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܪܘܩܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܪܘܩܬܐ)

  1. pale, bluish, ashy, livid

Inflection
    declension of ܝܪܘܩܐ
masculine singular plural
absolute ܝܪܘܩ ܝܪܘܩܝܢ
construct ܝܪܘܩ ܝܪܘܩܝ
emphatic ܝܪܘܩܐ ܝܪܘܩܐ
feminine singular plural
absolute ܝܪܘܩܐ ܝܪܘܩܢ
construct ܝܪܘܩܬ ܝܪܘܩܬ
emphatic ܝܪܘܩܬܐ ܝܪܘܩܬܐ

References
  • “yrwq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-16
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 197a
  • 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. 584a
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