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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܬ (r-ʿ-t), related to foaming; compare Akkadian 𒌔 (ruʾtu ), Arabic رَغْوَة (raḡwa).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܪܘܥܬܐ • (rūʿəṯā) f (plural ܪܘܥܬܐ)
- foam, froth
- (figuratively) nonsense, gibberish
Inflection
Singular absolute ending in Aleph despite the root ending in Taw.
Derived terms
References
- “rwˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-09
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 342a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 535b
- 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. 1452a