Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܪ-ܚ-ܩ (r-ḥ-q) related to farness. Compare Hebrew רֹחַק (rṓḥaq).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܪܘܚܩܐ (ruḥqā) m (uncountable)

  1. distance, farness, remoteness
  2. departure

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References edit

  • rwḥq”, 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 344a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 534a
  • 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 1447a