ܕܝܪܐ

From the root ܕ-ܘ-ܪ (d-w-r) related to dwelling. Compare Arabic دَيْر (dayr) and Hebrew דִּיר (dîr).

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ܕܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܕܝܪܘܬܐ or ܕܝܪܬܐ or ܕܝܪܐ)

1. dwelling, habitation
2. (usually feminine gender) monastery, convent
3. lodge
4. cote, fold
5. den

The plurals ܕܝܪܬܐ (dayrāṯāʾ) and ܕܝܪܘܬܐ (dayrawwāṯāʾ) are used for the sense of "monastery" while the plural ܕܝܪܐ (dayrēʾ) is used for other senses.

• → Arabic: دير

Modified from above. Compare Arabic دَيَّار (dayyār) and Hebrew דַּיָּר (dayyār).

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ܕܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܕܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܝܪܬܐ)

1. dweller, inhabitant

• “dyr”, 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, pp. 61b-62a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 91a-b
• 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. 300a