ܡܟܪܐ

Causative of ܟܵܪܹܐ (kārē, “to be short”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [mak.reː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [mat͡ʃ.reː]

ܡܲܟܪܹܐ • (makrē) (present participle ܡܲܟܪܘܼܝܹܐ (makrūyē), past participle ܡܘܼܟܪܝܼܵܐ (mukrīyā))

1. (transitive) to shorten

Compare Arabic مَكْر (makr, “red”, noun), Akkadian 𒈠𒀝𒊒𒌑 (ma-ak-ru-u₂ /⁠makrû⁠/, “red”).

• ܡܪܓܐ (margā)

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)xɑrɑ], [maxrɑ], [makkɑrɑ]

ܡܟܪܐ • (mḵārā, maḵrā, maḵrā) m (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) minium, red lead
2. red pigment

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)xɑrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)xɑre] (plural)

ܡܟܪܐ • (mḵārā) m (plural ܡܟܪܐ (mḵārē))

1. (agriculture) irrigated land

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܐ (k-r-ʾ) related to being short.

• IPA^(key): [maxrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maxre] (plural)

ܡܟܪܐ • (maḵrā) m (plural ܡܟܪܐ (maḵrē))

1. (dialectal) small-mouthed pitcher or flagon

From the root ܡ-ܟ-ܪ (m-k-r) related to betrothing. Compare Hebrew מוֹכֵר (mōḵḗr).

• IPA^(key): [mɑxrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mɑxre] (plural)

ܡܟܪܐ • (māḵrā) m (plural ܡܟܪܐ (māḵrē))

1. betrothed, fiancé; husband

• “mkr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mkr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mkr³”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mkr⁴”, 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 183a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 272b
• 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 761a-b