Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɑɣorsɑ(ʔ)], [ʔaɡɡursɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɑɣorse(ʔ)], [ʔaɡɡurse(ʔ)], [ʔɑɣorsɑne(ʔ)], [ʔaɡɡursɑne(ʔ)], [ʔɑɣorsjɑne(ʔ)], [ʔaɡɡursjɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܓܘܪܣܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܓܘܪܣܝܢܐ or ܐܓܘܪܣܢܐ or ܐܓܘܪܣܐ)

  1. field, land
  2. farm, estate
  3. country house, second home
  4. village
  5. hospital, almshouse, hospice

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References edit

  • ˀgwrs”, 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. 2b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 3a
  • 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, pp. 6b-7a