Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܥ-ܩ-ܪ (ʿ-q-r) related to extracting.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܥܩܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. extirpation, eradication
  2. (dentistry) tooth extraction
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Modified from above.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕaqqɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕaqqɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܩܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܩܪܐ)

  1. extractor
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܥܩܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. germination
  2. (medicine) medicine taken from a corpse
Inflection edit

Etymology 4 edit

Compare Hebrew עִקָּר (ʿiqqār). The sense of "(grammatical) root" is a calque of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕɛqqɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɛqqɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܩܪܐ (ˁeqqārām (plural ܥܩܪܐ)

  1. (botany) root, stump, shoot, sprout, twig
  2. (medicine) drug, medicinal plant
  3. herb, weed
  4. base, foot, lower part
  5. principle
  6. origin, stock
  7. (grammar) root
Inflection edit

Etymology 5 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕaqrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕaqre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܩܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܩܪܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܥܪܩܐ
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˁqr”, 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, p. 262a-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 426a
  • 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. 1132a-b