ܐܘܪܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܐ-ܪ-ܟ (IPA: /ʔ-r-k/) related to lengthening. Compare Hebrew אֹרֶךְ (ʾṓreḵ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ʔurkɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܘܪܟܐ m (uncountable)

  1. length, lengthiness
  2. longitude

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  • ")wrk" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
  • Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 19b
  • Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 8a
  • Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 22b
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