ܪܐܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic [Term?], from Proto-Semitic *riʔat- (“lung, breast, chest”); compare Arabic رِئَة (riʔa), Hebrew רֵאָה (re'á), Ugaritic 𐎛𐎗𐎚 (ỉrt) and Akkadian 𒃮 (iratu).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܐ • (rāṯā) f (plural ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (rāṯwāṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܵܐܵܐ (rāˀā) | 1st person | ܪܵܐܬ݂ܝܼ (rāṯī) | ܪܵܐܬ݂ܲܢ (rāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܪܵܐܲܬ݂ (rāˀaṯ) | 2nd person | ܪܵܐܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (rāṯōḵ) | ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (rāṯāḵ) | ܪܵܐܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܐ (rāṯā) | 3rd person | ܪܵܐܬ݂ܹܗ (rāṯēh) | ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (rāṯāh) | ܪܵܐܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (rāṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܢ (rāṯwān) | 1st person | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ (rāṯwāṯī) | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ (rāṯwāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ (rāṯwāṯ) | 2nd person | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (rāṯwāṯōḵ) | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (rāṯwāṯāḵ) | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rāṯwāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (rāṯwāṯā) | 3rd person | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (rāṯwāṯēh) | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (rāṯwāṯāh) | ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (rāṯwāṯhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (rāṯānāyā)
- ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ (rāṯā d-yāmā, “jellyfish”, literally “lung of the sea”)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܪܬܐ
Etymology
Compare Arabic رِئَة (riʔa) and Hebrew רֵאָה (rēʾâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rɑ(ʔ)θɑ], [ra(ʔ)θɑ]
Noun
ܪܐܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܐܘܬܐ or ܪܐܬܘܬܐ)
References
- “rˀtˀ”, 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 354a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 525a
- 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 1425a