Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Compare Old Armenian առնէտ (aṙnēt), an Aramaic borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔarnɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔarnɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܐܪܢܥܐ (ʾarnāʿām (plural ܐܪܢܥܐ)

  1. rat, large mouse

Inflection

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References

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  • ˀrnˁˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-23
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 20a
  • 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 103b