Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܦ-ܥ-ܪ (p-ʿ-r) related to gaping; compare Arabic فَغْر (faḡr), Hebrew פַּעַר (páʿar).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈpɛʕ.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈpaʕ.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈfeʕ.ro]

Based on regular sound changes, the Eastern pronunciation differs from the expected *[ˈpɪʕ.rɑ].

Noun

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ܦܥܪܐ (peʿrām (plural ܦܥܪܐ (peʿrē))

  1. cave, cavern
    • Peshitta, Hebrews 11:38:
      ܐܢܫܐ ܕܠܐ ܫܘܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܥܠܡܐ. ܘܗܘܘ ܐܝܟ ܛܥܝ̈ܐ ܒܚܘܪܒܐ. ܘܒܛܘܪ̈ܐ. ܘܒܡܥܪ̈ܐ. ܘܒܦܥܪ̈ܝܗܿ ܕܐܪܥܐ.
      [ʾĕ]nāšā ḏə-lā šāwē [hə]wā ləhōn ʿālmā, wa-həwaw ʾāḵ ṭāʿayyā ḇə-ḥurbā, wa-ḇə-ṭūrē, wə-ḇa-məʿarəʿē, wa-ḇə-p̄eʿrēh ḏə-ʾarʿā
      (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
  2. chasm, gap, cleft
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܦ-ܥ-ܪ (p-ʿ-r) related to gaping.

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [p(ə.)ˈʕɑ.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈpʕɑ.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈfʕo.ro]

Noun

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ܦܥܪܐ (pəʿārām(uncountable)

  1. opening the mouth wide; yawning
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Etymology 3

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Likely from Arabic فَاغِرَة (fāḡira).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈpɑ.ʕ(ə.)rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈpɑ.ʕrɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈfo.ʕro]

Noun

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ܦܥܪܐ (pāʿərā, pāʿrām (plural ܦܥܪܐ (pāʿərē, pāʿrē))

  1. Avicenna's pricklyash (Zanthoxylum avicennae)
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References

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  • pˁr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-01-24
  • pˁr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-06-16
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 283a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 453b
  • 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 1217b