ܡܛܪܐ

Inherited from Aramaic מִטְרָא (miṭrā), from Proto-Semitic; compare Arabic مَطَر (maṭar), Biblical Hebrew מָטָר (māṭā́r), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎉𐎗 (mṭr), with the Akkadian 𒈪𒋫𒅈𒌑 (/⁠miṭar⁠/, “field irrigated by rainwater”) appearing only at Ras Shamra, most likely borrowed from West Semitic. The feminine gender is probably due to influence from Kurdish baran.

• (Standard, Iraqi Koine) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪtˤ.rɑː]
• (Ashiret, Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪtˤ.ɾˤɑ]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊtˤ.ɾˤɒ]

ܡܸܛܪܵܐ • (miṭrā) f or m (plural ܡܸܛܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (miṭrāṯā) or ܡܸܛܪܹ̈ܐ (miṭrē) or ܡܸܛܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (miṭrānē) or ܡܸܛܪܵܪܹ̈ܐ (miṭrārē))

1. rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)

   ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܒܸܨܠܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ― miṭrā biṣlāyā ìlāh (literally, “Rain is descending”)

   ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܒܸܥܪܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ― miṭrā biˁrāyā ìlāh (literally, “Rain is pouring out”)

   ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܵܐ ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ― qudmē bit hāwyā miṭrā ― Tomorrow it will rain

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 7:27:

     ܘܨܠܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܡܸܛܪܵܐ، ܘܐ݇ܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ، ܘܩܝܼܡ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܦܲܘܚܹ̈ܐ، ܘܩܝܼܬ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܒܗܵܘ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ، ܘܢܦܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ، ܘܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܢܦܵܠܬܹܗ ܪܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ.

     w-ṣlē lāh miṭrā, w-ṯē lhōn nahrawwāṯā, w-qīm lhōn pawḥē, w-qīt lhōn bhāw baytā, w-npīl lēh, w-wē lāh npāltēh rabṯā.

     And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell with a great crash.

• ܡܸܛܪܵܢܵܐ (miṭrānā, “rainy”)

• “ܡܸܛܪܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 26 November 2022 (last accessed)
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܡܸܛܪܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 172b

Compare Arabic مَطَر (maṭar) and Hebrew מָטָר (māṭār).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtˤ.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪtˤ.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈme.tˤro]

ܡܛܪܐ • (meṭrā) m(uncountable)

1. rain
   • Peshitta, Matthew 7:27:

     ܘܢܚܬ ܡܛܪܐ. ܘܐܬܘ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ. ܘܢܫܒ ܪ̈ܘܚܐ. ܘܐܬܛܪܝܘ ܒܒܝܬܐ ܗܘ.

     wa-nəḥeṯ meṭrā, wə-ʾĕṯaw nahrawwāṯā, wa-nəšaḇ rūḥē, wə-ʾettəṭarrīw bə-ḇaytā haw

     And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house

From the root ܢ ܛ ܪ related to guarding; compare Arabic مَنْظَر (manẓar).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): /man.tˤə.rɑʔ/, [ˈmatˤ.(tˤə.)rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmatˤ.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmɑ.tˤro]

ܡܛܪܐ • (maṭṭərā) m (plural ܡܛܪܐ (maṭṭərē))

1. guarding, protecting, keeping

From Ancient Greek μήτρᾱ (mḗtrā, “womb, paunch”).

• ܡܝܛܪܐ (mêṭrā)

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈme.tˤ(ə.)rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈme.tˤrɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈme.tˤrɑ]

ܡܛܪܐ • (mēṭrā) m (plural ܡܛܪܐ (mēṭrē))

1. (anatomy) uterus, womb

• ܡܪܒܥܐ (marbəʿā)

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [m(ə.)ˈtˤɑ.re]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmtˤɑ.re]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmtˤo.re]

ܡܛܪܐ • (məṭārē)

1. emphatic plural of ܡܛܪܬܐ (məṭārtā)

• “mṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 8 November 2011
• “myṭrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 8 November 2011
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 181a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 268a
• 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, page 749a