ܐܪܥܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic אַרְעָא (ʾarʿā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-; compare Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ), Hebrew אֶרֶץ (ʾéreṣ /'érets/) and Akkadian 𒆠 (erṣetum).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔarʕaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔarʔa], [ʔara]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʔarraː]
Noun
ܐܲܪܥܵܐ • (arˁā) f (plural ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (arˁāṯā))
- land, earth
- field
- Synonym: ܚܲܩܠܵܐ (ḥaqlā)
- ground, floor
- Synonym: ܪܸܨܦܵܐ (riṣpā)
- (chiefly in the plural) land, territory, terrain
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܲܪܲܥ (arraˁ) | 1st person | ܐܲܪܥܝܼ (arˁī) | ܐܲܪܥܲܢ (arˁan) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܪܲܥ (arraˁ) | 2nd person | ܐܲܪܥܘܼܟ݂ (arˁōḵ) | ܐܲܪܥܵܟ݂ܝ (arˁāḵ) | ܐܲܪܥܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (arˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁā) | 3rd person | ܐܲܪܥܹܗ (arˁēh) | ܐܲܪܥܵܗ̇ (arˁāh) | ܐܲܪܥܗܘܿܢ (arˁhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܢ (arˁān) | 1st person | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܝܼ (arˁāṯī) | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܲܢ (arˁāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ (arˁāṯ) | 2nd person | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (arˁāṯōḵ) | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (arˁāṯāḵ) | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (arˁāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (arˁāṯā) | 3rd person | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܹܗ (arˁāṯēh) | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (arˁāṯāh) | ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (arˁāṯhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܐܲܪܥܵܝܵܐ (arˁāyā)
- ܐܲܪܥܵܢܵܝܵܐ (arˁānāyā)
- ܐܲܪܥܬܵܐ (arˁtā, “layer of stagnant algae on the surface of water”)
Proper noun
ܐܲܪܥܵܐ • (arˁā) f
- Earth (the third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live)
- c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Genesis 1:1:
- ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬ݂ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܝܵܬ݂ ܫ̈ܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܝܵܬ݂ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ
- brāšīṯ brē lēh allāhā yāṯ šmayyā w-yāṯ arˁā
- In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth
Coordinate terms
- planets of the Solar System: ܢܵܒ݂ܘܿ (nāḇō) · ܥܸܫܬܵܪ (ˁištār) · ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁā) · ܢܸܪܓܲܠ (nirgal) · ܒܹܝܠ (bēl) · ܟܹܐܘܵܢ (kēˀwān) · ܐܘܼܪܵܢܘܿܣ (ūrānōs) · ܢܸܦܛܘܼܢܘܿܣ (nipṭūnōs) · ܦܠܘܼܛܘܿܢ (plūṭōn) [edit]
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔarʕɑ]
Noun
ܐܪܥܐ • (ʔarʕā) f (plural ܐܪܥܬܐ (ʔarʕāṯā))
- land, soil, earth
- field
- ground, floor
- (architecture) ground floor, first floor
- bottom
- country, region
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܪܥ | 1st person | ܐܪܥܝ | ܐܪܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܪܥ | 2nd person | ܐܪܥܟ | ܐܪܥܟܝ | ܐܪܥܟܘܢ | ܐܪܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܪܥܐ | 3rd person | ܐܪܥܗ | ܐܪܥܗ | ܐܪܥܗܘܢ | ܐܪܥܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܪܥܢ | 1st person | ܐܪܥܬܝ | ܐܪܥܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܪܥܬ | 2nd person | ܐܪܥܬܟ | ܐܪܥܬܟܝ | ܐܪܥܬܟܘܢ | ܐܪܥܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܪܥܬܐ | 3rd person | ܐܪܥܬܗ | ܐܪܥܬܗ | ܐܪܥܬܗܘܢ | ܐܪܥܬܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܐܪܥܢ
- ܐܪܥܢܝ
See also
Proper noun
ܐܪܥܐ • (ʔarʕā) f
References
- “ˀrˁ”, 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, page 20b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 30a
- 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, →ISBN, pages 104a–b