Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܐܪܥܐ

Etymology edit

From Aramaic אַרְעָא (ʾarʿā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔarʕaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔarʔa], [ʔara]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔarraː]

Noun edit

ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁāf (plural ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (arˁāṯā))

  1. land, soil, earth
  2. field, property
  3. ground, floor
  4. (architecture) ground floor, first floor
  5. country, region

Proper noun edit

ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁāf

  1. Earth

See also edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܐܪܥܐ (ʔarʕāf (plural ܐܪܥܬܐ (ʔarʕāṯā))

  1. land, soil, earth
  2. field
  3. ground, floor
  4. (architecture) ground floor, first floor
  5. bottom
  6. country, region

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Proper noun edit

ܐܪܥܐ (ʔarʕāf

  1. Earth

References edit

  • ˀrˁ”, 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 20b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 30a
  • 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 104a-b