ܪܐܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܪܬܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic رِئَة (riʔa) and Hebrew רֵאָה (rēʾâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɑ(ʔ)θɑ(ʔ)], [ra(ʔ)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܐܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܐܘܬܐ or ܪܐܬܘܬܐ)

1. (anatomy) lung

References

• “rˀtˀ”, 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. 354a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 525a
• 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. 1425a