Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܐ ܪ ܚ (ˀ r ḥ)
3 terms

Etymology edit

From Aramaic אוּרְחָא (ʾurəḥā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-; related to Hebrew אֹרַח (orákh).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ur.xɑː]

Noun edit

ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (urḥāf (plural ܐܘܼܪ̈ܚܵܬܹܐ (urḥātē))

  1. road (a way for travel)
    ܝܲܐܠܵܗ ܦܘܼܫ ܒܫܲܝܢܵܐ، ܡܲܣܸܡ ܒܵܠܵܐ ܒܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ!
    Goodbye, take care on the road!
    ܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܐܘܼܪ̈ܚܵܬܹܐ ܠܲܒܠܝܼ ܠܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܹܐ.
    kullāyh urḥātē lablī l-rōmē.
    All the roads lead to Rome.
    • Matthew 21:8:
      ܘܪܵܒܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܸܢܫܹ̈ܐ ܫܲܘܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܓ̰ܘܼܠܵܝ̈ܗ‌ܝ ܒܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ، ܘܐ݇ܚܹܪ̈݇ܢܹܐ ܦܵܪܡܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܦܲܥܘܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܕܵܪܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܒܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ.
      And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
  2. way, journey, manner
    • John 14:6:
      ܓ̰ܘܼܘܸܒ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܹܗ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ: «ܐܵܢܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܘܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܘܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ. ܐܘܼܦ ܚܲܕ݇ ܠܹܐ ܐܵܬܹܐ ܠܟܸܣ ܒܵܒܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܒܝܼܝܼ.»
      jūwib lēh illēh īšōˁ: “ānā ìwen urḥā w-šrārā w-ḥayyē. ūp ḥa lē ātē l-kis bābā illā bīyī.”
      Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
  3. way, manner, custom
  4. opportunity, room

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-. Synchronically, from the root ܐ-ܪ-ܚ (ʾ-r-ḥ) related to going or travelling. Compare Hebrew אֹרַח (ʾṓraḥ).

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Noun edit

ܐܘܪܚܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܐܘܪܚܬܐ)

  1. road, way, path, journey, course
  2. way, manner, custom
  3. precept, law, legal right
  4. religion
  5. caravan
  6. sexual intercourse
  7. sum, weight

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References edit

  • ˀwrḥ”, 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. 19a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 8a
  • 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. 21b-22a