Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Compare Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya) and Hebrew קִרְיָה (qiryâ) and קֶרֶת (qéreṯ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [q(ə)riθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qɛrjɑθɑ(ʔ)], [qurjɑ(ʔ)], [qurja(ʔ)s], [qurjos] (plural)

Noun

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ܩܪܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܩܘܪܝܘܣ or ܩܘܪܝܣ or ܩܘܪܝܐܣ or ܩܘܪܝܐ or ܩܪܝܬܐ)

  1. town, village, hamlet
  2. district
  3. field
  4. farm
  5. property, possession
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܩ-ܪ-ܐ (q-r-ʾ) related to calling. Compare Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa) and Hebrew קְרִיאָה (qərîʾâ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [q(ə)rɑjtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [q(ə)rɑjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܩܪܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܩܪܝܬܐ)

  1. shout, cry, exclamation
  2. calling, summoning
  3. call, vocation
  4. reading, rendering, recitation
  5. invocation, invitation
  6. (Christianity) invocation of the Holy Trinity at baptism
  7. appellation, naming
  8. nomination
  9. (ecclesiastical) designation (of bishop)
  10. (law) appeal, recalling
  11. recall, revocation
  12. (poetry) recitation of poetry, meter/metre
  13. (grammar) various senses: exclamation; vocative case; grammatical mood; type of sentence; name of accent
  14. sound
  15. crowing, cockcrow
  16. braying (of trumpets)
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qɑriθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qɑrjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܩܪܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܩܪܝܬܐ)

  1. weevil, locust
  2. infestation
  3. tortoise
  4. (pathology) (possibly) kind of disease
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Etymology 4

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Compare Hebrew קֶרֶשׁ (qéreš).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qɑriθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qɑrjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܩܪܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܩܪܝܬܐ)

  1. beam, plank
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Etymology 5

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From the root ܩ-ܪ-ܐ (q-r-ʾ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qɑriθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qɑrjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܩܪܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܩܪܝܬܐ)

  1. falling down
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Etymology 6

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From Classical Mandaic ࡒ-ࡓ-ࡀ, "to create".

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Noun

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ܩܪܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf(uncountable)

  1. creation
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Etymology 7

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From Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ).

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [q(ə)riθɑ(ʔ)], [q(ə)riθe(ʔ)]

Noun

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ܩܪܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf(uncountable)

  1. barley
  2. (pathology) stye
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References

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  • qry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • qryh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • qrytˀ”, 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, pp. 328b, 330b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 517a, 519b
  • 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, pp. 1410a-1411a