ܦܥܪܐ

From the root ܦ-ܥ-ܪ (p-ʿ-r) related to gaping; compare Arabic فَغْر (faḡr), Hebrew פַּעַר (páʿar).

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Based on regular sound changes, the Eastern pronunciation differs from the expected *.

ܦܥܪܐ • (peʿrā) m (plural ܦܥܪܐ (peʿrē))

1. cave, cavern
   • Peshitta, Hebrews 11:38:

     ܐܢܫܐ ܕܠܐ ܫܘܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܥܠܡܐ. ܘܗܘܘ ܐܝܟ ܛܥܝ̈ܐ ܒܚܘܪܒܐ. ܘܒܛܘܪ̈ܐ. ܘܒܡܥܪ̈ܐ. ܘܒܦܥܪ̈ܝܗܿ ܕܐܪܥܐ.

     nāšā ḏə-lā šāwē wā ləhōn ʿālmā, wa-həwaw ʾāḵ ṭāʿayyā ḇə-ḥurbā, wa-ḇə-ṭūrē, wə-ḇa-məʿarəʿē, wa-ḇə-p̄eʿrēh ḏə-ʾarʿā

     (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

2. chasm, gap, cleft

From the root ܦ-ܥ-ܪ (p-ʿ-r) related to gaping.

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ܦܥܪܐ • (pəʿārā) m(uncountable)

1. opening the mouth wide; yawning

• ܦܘܥܪܐ (pūʿʿārā)

Likely from Arabic فَاغِرَة (fāḡira).

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ܦܥܪܐ • (pāʿərā, pāʿrā) m (plural ܦܥܪܐ (pāʿərē, pāʿrē))

1. Avicenna's pricklyash (Zanthoxylum avicennae)

• “pˁr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-01-24
• “pˁr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-06-16
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 283a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 453b
• 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 1217b