ܪܘܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܩ-ܩ (r-q-q) related to spitting. Compare Arabic رِيق (rīq) and Hebrew רֹק (rōq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ruqqɑ(ʔ)], [rawqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ruqqe(ʔ)], [rawqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܘܩܐ)

1. saliva, spittle
2. spitting, expectoration
3. ignominy

Inflection

    inflection of ܪܘܩܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܘܩ	ܪܘܩܝܢ
construct	ܪܘܩ	ܪܘܩܝ
emphatic	ܪܘܩܐ	ܪܘܩܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܘܩܝ	ܪܘܩܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܘܩܟ	ܪܘܩܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܘܩܟܝ	ܪܘܩܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܘܩܗ	ܪܘܩܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܘܩܗ	ܪܘܩܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܘܩܢ	ܪܘܩܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܘܩܟܘܢ	ܪܘܩܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܘܩܟܝܢ	ܪܘܩܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܘܩܗܘܢ	ܪܘܩܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܘܩܗܝܢ	ܪܘܩܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rwq”, 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. 352b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 536a
• 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. 1452b