See also: ܥܘܕܐ

Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܥ-ܘ-ܪ (ʿ-w-r) related to blinding. Compare Arabic عُور (ʕūr) and Hebrew עִוָּרוֹן (ʿiwwārôn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʕurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕure(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܥܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܘܪܐ)

  1. any minute particle that hurts the eye; fine dust, chaff, smoke
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܥ-ܘ-ܪ (ʿ-w-r) related to blinding. Compare Arabic أَعْوَر (ʔaʕwar) and Hebrew עִוֵּר (ʿiwwēr).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)wɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

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ܥܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܘܪܬܐ)

  1. blind
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Noun

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ܥܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm(uncountable)

  1. blindness
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References

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  • ˁwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-20
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 248b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 407b
  • 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, p. 1086a-b