Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܘ-ܪ-ܬ (w-r-t), related to inheriting.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Syriac) IPA(key): [jurˈtɑ.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [jurˈtɑ.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [jurˈto.no]

Noun edit

ܝܘܪܬܢܐ (yūrtānām (plural ܝܘܪܬܢܐ (yūrtānē))

  1. inheritance, heritage
    • Peshitta, Acts 20:32:
      .ܘܗܫܐ ܡܓܥܠ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܘܠܡܠܬܐ ܕܛܝܒܘܬܗ: ܕܗܝ ܡܫܟܚܐ ܒܢܝܐ ܠܟܘܢ: ܘܝܗܒܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܝܘܪܬܢܐ ܥܡ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܩܕ̈ܝܫܐ
      wə-hāšā maḡʿel [ʾĕ]nā ləḵōn lə-ʾălāhā wa-lə-melləṯā ḏə-ṭaybūṯēh, də-hī meškəḥā bānyā ləḵōn, wə-yāhbā ləḵōn yūrtānā ʿam kōlhōn qaddīšē.
      And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
  2. property, possession

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ywrtn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 145b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 190b
  • 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 570a

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