See also: ܕܩܪܐ

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܪ-ܩ-ܕ (r-q-d) related to dancing. Compare Arabic رَقْص (raqṣ) and Hebrew רִקּוּד (riqqûḏ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [rɛqdɑ(ʔ)], [raqdɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rɛqde(ʔ)], [raqde(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܪܩܕܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܩܕܐ)

  1. dance, dancing
  2. revel, revelling
  3. jerking, convulsing
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܪ-ܩ-ܕ (r-q-d) related to dancing. Compare Arabic رَقَّاص (raqqāṣ) and Hebrew רֹקֵד (rōqēḏ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [raqqɑðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [raqqɑðe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܪܩܕܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܩܕܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܪܩܕܬܐ)

  1. dancer, mime
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From the root ܪ-ܩ-ܕ (r-q-d).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܪܩܕܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. mourning, lamentation
Inflection edit

References edit

  • rqd”, 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. 352b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 549b
  • 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. 1488b