Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Hebrew יַעַר (yáʾar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܝܥܪܐ (yaʿrām (plural ܝܥܪܐ (yaʿrē))

  1. thicket, shrubbery, brushwood
  2. bramble, briar
  3. (horticulture) sucker
  4. (figuratively) sin; adversity, misfortune

Inflection edit

References edit

  • yˁr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • [yˀrˀtˀ]”, 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 143a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 194b
  • 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 v