Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔoriθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔorjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܐܘܪܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܐܘܪܝܬܐ)

  1. small aboveground garden
Inflection
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Inflection of ܐܘܪܝܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܘܪܝ 1st person ܐܘܪܝܬܝ ܐܘܪܝܬܢ
construct ܐܘܪܝܬ 2nd person ܐܘܪܝܬܟ ܐܘܪܝܬܟܝ ܐܘܪܝܬܟܘܢ ܐܘܪܝܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܘܪܝܬܐ 3rd person ܐܘܪܝܬܗ ܐܘܪܝܬܗ ܐܘܪܝܬܗܘܢ ܐܘܪܝܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܐܘܪܝܢ 1st person ܐܘܪܝܬܝ ܐܘܪܝܬܢ
construct ܐܘܪܝܬ 2nd person ܐܘܪܝܬܟ ܐܘܪܝܬܟܝ ܐܘܪܝܬܟܘܢ ܐܘܪܝܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܘܪܝܬܐ 3rd person ܐܘܪܝܬܗ ܐܘܪܝܬܗ ܐܘܪܝܬܗܘܢ ܐܘܪܝܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

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From Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אוֹרָיְיתָה (ʾōrāyəṯā).

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Proper noun

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ܐܘܪܝܬܐ (ʾōrāytāf

  1. (biblical, Judaism, Christianity) Torah, Pentateuch, Books of Moses
  2. (by extension) Tanakh, Old Testament

References

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  • ˀwrytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-02
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 4b
  • 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. 22b