Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܪ-ܕ-ܐ (r-d-ʾ) related to travelling.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rɛðjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rɛðje(ʔ)], [rɑðajjɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܕܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܕܝܐ)

  1. flow, current, running water
  2. stream
  3. (medicine) flux, discharge, issue
  4. march, journey
  5. (figuratively) course, succession
  6. (metallurgy) fusion, weld

Inflection

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Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

References

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  • rdy”, 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. 338b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 530a-b
  • 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. 1438a