ܝܪܘܩܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܝܪܘܩܐ

Etymology

Root
ܘ ܪ ܩ (w r q)
6 terms

Color derived from ܝܲܪܩܵܐ (yarqā, “vegetable, herb”); compare Hebrew יָרֹק (yarók). Of the adjective pattern 12ō3ā.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jaroːqɑː]

Adjective

ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ • (yarōqā) (feminine ܝܲܪܘܿܩܬܵܐ (yarōqtā), plural ܝܲܪ̈ܘܿܩܹܐ (yarōqē))

1. green

   Synonym: ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)

Derived terms

• ܡܲܝܪܸܩ (mayriq)

Noun

ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ • (yarōqā) m

1. green color

Coordinate terms

Colors in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܓܵܘܢܹ̈ܐ (gāwnē) (layout · text)

ܚܘܵܪܵܐ (ḥwārā)	ܩܛܘܿܡܵܐ (qṭōmā)	ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā)
ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ (smōqā); ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܐ (qirmīzā)	ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ (ṭrōḡā); ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (purtqālā); ܫܚܘܿܡܵܐ (šḥōmā)	ܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁōṯā); ܙܵܪܓܵܐ (zārgā)
ܠܲܝܡܵܐ (laymā)	ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqā)	ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)
ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā)	ܙܪܘܿܩܵܐ (zrōqā)	ܡܝܼܠܵܐ (mīlā)
ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (bānafšā); ܡܲܝܩܵܐ (mayqā)	ܦ̮ܘܼܫܝܼܵܐ (fūšīyā); ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ (argwānā)	ܘܲܪܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (warōḏā)

References

• “ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2021 December 9 (last accessed)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܪ-ܩ (w-r-q), from Proto-Semitic *waraq- (“leaf”). Compare Hebrew יָרֹק (yārōq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [yɑroqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [yɑroqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܝܪܘܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܪܘܩܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܪܘܩܬܐ)

1. pale, bluish, ashy, livid

Inflection

    declension of ܝܪܘܩܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܝܪܘܩ	ܝܪܘܩܝܢ
construct	ܝܪܘܩ	ܝܪܘܩܝ
emphatic	ܝܪܘܩܐ	ܝܪܘܩܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܝܪܘܩܐ	ܝܪܘܩܢ
construct	ܝܪܘܩܬ	ܝܪܘܩܬ
emphatic	ܝܪܘܩܬܐ	ܝܪܘܩܬܐ

References

• “yrwq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-16
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 197a
• 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. 584a