Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܪ-ܕ-ܐ (r-d-ʾ) related to travelling.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [rɛðjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rɛðje(ʔ)], [rɑðajjɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܪܕܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܕܝܐ)

  1. flow, current, running water
  2. stream
  3. (medicine) flux, discharge, issue
  4. march, journey
  5. (figuratively) course, succession
  6. (metallurgy) fusion, weld

Inflection edit

Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

References edit

  • rdy”, 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. 338b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 530a-b
  • 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. 1438a