ܐܪܥܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܐܣܦܝܪ ܐܪܥܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic אַרְעָא (ʾarʿā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-; compare Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ), Hebrew אֶרֶץ (ʾéreṣ /⁠'érets⁠/) and Akkadian 𒆠 (erṣetum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔarʕaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔarʔa], [ʔara]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔarraː]

Noun

ܐܲܪܥܵܐ • (arˁā) f (plural ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (arˁāṯā))

1. land, earth
2. field

   Synonym: ܚܲܩܠܵܐ (ḥaqlā)

3. ground, floor

   Synonym: ܪܸܨܦܵܐ (riṣpā)

4. (chiefly in the plural) land, territory, terrain

   Synonyms: ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (aṯrā), ܩܠܹܝܡܵܐ (qlēmā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܐܲܪܥܝܼ (arˁī)		ܐܲܪܥܲܢ (arˁan)
	construct	ܐܲܪܲܥ (arraˁ)	2nd person	ܐܲܪܥܘܼܟ݂ (arˁūḵ)	ܐܲܪܥܵܟ݂ܝ (arˁāḵ)	ܐܲܪܥܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (arˁāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁā)	3rd person	ܐܲܪܥܹܗ (arˁēh)	ܐܲܪܥܵܗ̇ (arˁāh)	ܐܲܪܥܗܘܿܢ (arˁhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܝܼ (arˁāṯī)		ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܲܢ (arˁāṯan)
	construct	ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ (arˁāṯ)	2nd person	ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (arˁāṯūḵ)	ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (arˁāṯāḵ)	ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (arˁāṯāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܹܐ (arˁāṯē)	3rd person	ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܘܼܗܝ (arˁāṯūh)	ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܘܿܗ̇ (arˁāṯōh)	ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (arˁāṯhōn)

Derived terms

• ܐܲܪܥܵܝܵܐ (arˁāyā)
• ܐܲܪܥܵܢܵܝܵܐ (arˁānāyā)
• ܐܲܪܥܬܵܐ (arˁtā, “layer of stagnant algae on the surface of water”)

Proper noun

ܐܲܪܥܵܐ • (arˁā) f

1. Earth (the third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live)
   • Genesis 1:1:

     ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬ݂ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܝܵܬ݂ ܫ̈ܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܝܵܬ݂ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ

     brāšīṯ brē lēh allāhā yāṯ šmayyā w-yāṯ arˁā

     In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth

Coordinate terms

• (planets of the Solar System) ܢܵܒ݂ܘܿ (nāḇō), ܟܲܘܟܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (kawkāḇtā), ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁā), ܢܸܪܓܲܠ (nirgal), ܒܹܝܠ (bēl), ܟܹܐܘܵܢ (kēˀwān), ܐܘܼܪܵܢܘܿܣ (ūrānōs), ܢܹܦܬܘܼܢܘܿܣ (nēptūnōs), ܦܠܘܼܛܘܿܢ (plūṭōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔarʕɑ]

Noun

ܐܪܥܐ • (ʔarʕā) f (plural ܐܪܥܬܐ (ʔarʕāṯā))

1. land, soil, earth
2. field
3. ground, floor
4. (architecture) ground floor, first floor
5. bottom
6. country, region

Inflection

    declension of ܐܪܥܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܪܥ	ܐܪܥܢ
construct	ܐܪܥ	ܐܪܥܬ
emphatic	ܐܪܥܐ	ܐܪܥܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܪܥܝ	ܐܪܥܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܪܥܟ	ܐܪܥܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܪܥܟܝ	ܐܪܥܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܪܥܗ	ܐܪܥܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܪܥܗ	ܐܪܥܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܪܥܢ	ܐܪܥܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܪܥܟܘܢ	ܐܪܥܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܪܥܟܝܢ	ܐܪܥܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܪܥܗܘܢ	ܐܪܥܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܪܥܗܝܢ	ܐܪܥܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܪܥܢ
• ܐܪܥܢܝ

 

See also

• ܐܕܡܬܐ
• ܐܬܪܐ
• ܚܩܠܐ
• ܥܦܪܐ
• ܦܢܝܬܐ

 

Proper noun

ܐܪܥܐ • (ʔarʕā) f

1. Earth

References

• “ˀrˁ”, 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 20b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 30a
• 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 104a-b