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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒂠𒃼 (eš2gar3 /iškaru/, “quota; assigned work”), from Sumerian 𒂠𒃼 (eš2gar3); compare Hebrew אֶשְׁכָּר (ʾeškār, “gift”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܫܟܪܐ • (ʾeškārā) f (plural ܐܫܟܪܐ (ʾeškārē))
- field, land, yoke, plot (roughly two-thirds of an acre)
- Peshitta, Isaiah 5:10:
ܡܛܠ ܕܥܣܪ ܐܫܟܪ̈ܐ ܕܟܪܡܐ ܢܥܒܕ̈ܢ ܚܕܐ ܚܒܝܬܐ: ܘܙܪܥܐ ܕܟܘܪ ܢܥܒܕ ܣܐܐ.- meṭṭōl da-ʿəsar ʾeškārē ḏə-ḵarmā neʿbəḏān ḥəḏā ḥāḇīṯā, wə-zarʿā ḏə-ḵōr neʿbeḏ səʾā.
- Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
- (by extension) farm
Inflection
References
- “ˀškr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-06-08
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 21a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 31a
- 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, page 107a