ܡܥܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܘ-ܪ (ʿ-w-r). Compare Arabic مَغَارَة (maḡāra) and Hebrew מְעָרָה (məʿārâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ʕar(ə)θɑ]

Noun

ܡܥܲܪܬܼܵܐ • (mʿarṯā) f (plural ܡܥܪܐ)

  1. cave, cavern, den, hollow
  2. prison cell

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • ܡܥܪܗ (mʿarā)

References

  • mˁrh”, 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, p. 262b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a
  • 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. 805b
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