ܐܘܪܩܥܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܐܪܩܘܥܬܐ
  • ܪܩܘܥܬܐ

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܩ-ܥ (r-q-ʿ) related to compacting. Compare Arabic رُقْعَة (ruqʿa(t)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔurqaʕ(ə)θɑ(ʔ)], [ʔurq(ə)ʕ(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔurq(ə)ʕɑθɑ(ʔ)], [ruqʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܪܩܥܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܘܩܥܐ or ܐܘܪܩܥܬܐ)

  1. cloth, patch, rag, tatter
  2. sheet of paper

Inflection

References

  • rwqˁh”, 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. 353a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 8b, 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. 23a
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