Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܕ-ܘ-ܪ (d-w-r) related to circling or dwelling.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mɛðjɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mɛðjɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܕܝܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܕܝܪܐ)

  1. (architecture) floor, story, flat
  2. dwelling, habitation
  3. upper room
  4. (figuratively) skies, heavens, vault

Inflection edit

References edit

  • mdyr”, 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, p. 61b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 253a
  • 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. 714a