Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܘ ܪ ܕ (w r d)
6 terms

Etymology edit

Within Aramaic only in Syriac. Necessarily borrowed, due to the un-Northwest Semitic retention of initial /w/, from Arabic وَرِيد (warīd) in the environs of pre-Islamic medical practitioners. Compare also in Akkadian 𒌨𒌑𒁺 (ur'udu, windpipe, throat veins) as well as borrowed into Hebrew וְרִיד (v'rid).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [warˈriːðɑː]

Noun edit

ܘܲܪܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (warīḏām sg (plural ܘܲܪ̈ܝܼܕ݂ܹܐ (warīḏē))

  1. (anatomy) vein, artery, nerve
  2. root, stem, trunk

Inflection edit

See also edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Within Aramaic only in Syriac. Necessarily borrowed, due to the un-Northwest Semitic retention of initial /w/, potentially from Arabic وَرِيد (warīd, vein) in the environs of pre-Islamic medical practitioners.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [warˈri.ðɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [warˈri.ðɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [wɑˈri.ðo]

Noun edit

ܘܪܝܕܐ (warrīḏām (plural ܘܪܝܕܐ (warrīḏē))

  1. (anatomy) vein, artery, nerve
  2. root, stem, trunk

Inflection edit

See also edit

References edit

  • wryd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-14
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 186a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 82b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 108b
  • 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 360a-b