ܐܪܚܐ

From Aramaic אָרְחָא (ʾārḥā), equivalent to the active participle of ܐܵܪܹܚ (ārēḥ, “to journey, to travel”); compare Hebrew אוֹרֵחַ (oréakh). The first sense developed from the second (now displaced by ܐܘܼܪܚܵܝܵܐ (urḥāyā)); where travelers were regularly treated as guests, and guests from other villages would typically travel long distances.

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ܐܵܪܚܵܐ • (ārḥā) m sg (plural ܐܵܪ̈ܚܹܐ (ārḥē), feminine ܐܵܪܸܚܬܵܐ (āriḥtā))

1. guest, visitor

   Synonym: ܡܣܲܚܒܪܵܢܵܐ (msaḥbrānā)

2. (archaic) traveller, wayfarer, passer-by

• ܐܵܪܚܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ārḥūṯā, “hospitality, banquet, entertainment”)
• ܬܲܘܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܵܪ̈ܚܹܐ (tawwānā d-ārḥē, “guest room”)

• ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ (mˀarḥānā, “host”)
• ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (urḥā, “road, way”)

From Aramaic רְחֵא/ܪܚܹܐ (rḥē) with a prosthetic alaph, the absolute form of רַחְיָא (raḥyā); compare Classical Syriac ܪܲܚܝܵܐ (“mill, millstone”), notice both having the feminine gender despite a masculine noun structure; compare also Arabic رَحَى (raḥā, “millstone”) and Hebrew רֵחַיִם (rekháyim, “millstone, grindstone”).

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ܐܸܪܚܹܐ • (irḥē) f sg (plural ܐܸܪ̈ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ (irḥāṯā) or ܐܸܪ̈ܚܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (irḥawwāṯā))

1. watermill
   • Matthew 18:6:

     ܘܡ̇ܢ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ ܬܘܼܪܩܵܠܵܐ ܠܚܲܕ݇ ܡ̣ܢ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܙܥܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܟܹܐ ܡܗܲܝܡܢܝܼ ܒܝܼ، ܦܲܩܵܚܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐܸܠܘܼܗܝ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܬܸܠܝܵܐ ܟܹܐܦܵܐ ܕܐܸܪܚܹܐ ܒܩܕ݂ܵܠܹܗ ܘܗܵܘܹܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡܪܘܼܦܝܵܐ ܒܥܘܼܡܩܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ.

     w-man d-hāwē turqālā l-ḥa min hālēn zˁōrē d-kēkēpā d mhaymnī bī, paqqāḥā ìwā ilūh d-hāwē wā tilyā kēpā dirḥē b-qḏālēh w-hāwē wā mrupyā b-ˁumqā d-yāmā.

     Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

• ܪܲܚܵܝܵܐ (raḥḥāyā, “miller”)
• ܡܲܛܚܵܢܵܐ (maṭḥānā)
• ܓܵܪܘܿܣܬܵܐ (gārōstā, “handmill”)

• “ܐܵܪܚܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2024 February 25 (last accessed)
• “ܐܸܪܚܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2024 February 25 (last accessed)

From Akkadian 𒋞𒀖 (arḫu ).

• ܐܪܗܐ
• ܐܪܟܐ

Uncertain.

ܐܪܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܪܚܐ)

1. half roof tile

From the root ܐ-ܪ-ܚ (ʾ-r-ḥ) related to going or travelling. Compare Hebrew אוֹרֵחַ (ʾôrḗaḥ).

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ܐܪܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܪܚܐ)

1. traveller, wayfarer, passer-by
2. guest, visitor

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ܐܪܚܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܪܚܬܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܐܘܪܚܐ

• “ˀrḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-18-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 19a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 28b
• 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. 98a