ܪܥܝܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܐ (r-ʿ-ʾ) related to grazing, from Proto-Semitic *rʿy. Compare Arabic رِعْيٌ (riʕyun) and Hebrew רְעִי (rəʿī).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܥܝܐ • (reʿyā) m (plural ܪܥܝܐ)

  1. pasturing, shepherding, herding
  2. pasture, flock, herd
  3. food, fodder
Inflection
Inflection of ܪܥܝܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܪܥܐ 1st person ܪܥܝܝ ܪܥܝܢ
construct ܪܥܐ 2nd person ܪܥܝܟ ܪܥܝܟܝ ܪܥܝܟܘܢ ܪܥܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܥܝܐ 3rd person ܪܥܝܗ ܪܥܝܗ ܪܥܝܗܘܢ ܪܥܝܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܪܥܝܢ 1st person ܪܥܝ ܪܥܝܢ
construct ܪܥܝ 2nd person ܪܥܝܟ ܪܥܝܟܝ ܪܥܝܟܘܢ ܪܥܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܥܝܐ 3rd person ܪܥܘܗܝ ܪܥܝܗ ܪܥܝܗܘܢ ܪܥܝܗܝܢ
Descendants
  • → Old Armenian: ռայք (ṙaykʻ)

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܐ (r-ʿ-ʾ) related to grazing, from Proto-Semitic *rʿy. Compare Arabic رَاعٍ (rāʕin) and Hebrew רוֹעֶה (rōʿe).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܥܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܥܘܬܐ or ܪܥܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܪܥܝܬܐ)

  1. shepherd
  2. (Christianity) pastor, bishop
Inflection

Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

Inflection of ܪܥܝܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܪܥܐ 1st person ܪܥܝܝ ܪܥܝܢ
construct ܪܥܐ 2nd person ܪܥܝܟ ܪܥܝܟܝ ܪܥܝܟܘܢ ܪܥܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܥܝܐ 3rd person ܪܥܝܗ ܪܥܝܗ ܪܥܝܗܘܢ ܪܥܝܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܪܥܘܢ ,ܪܥܝܢ 1st person ܪܥܘܬܝ ,ܪܥܝ ܪܥܘܬܢ ,ܪܥܝܢ
construct ܪܥܘܬ ,ܪܥܝ 2nd person ܪܥܘܬܟ ,ܪܥܝܟ ܪܥܘܬܟܝ ,ܪܥܝܟܝ ܪܥܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܪܥܝܟܘܢ ܪܥܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܪܥܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܥܘܬܐ ,ܪܥܝܐ 3rd person ܪܥܘܬܗ ,ܪܥܘܗܝ ܪܥܘܬܗ ,ܪܥܝܗ ܪܥܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܪܥܝܗܘܢ ܪܥܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܪܥܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “rˁy”, 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, p. 349b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 545b-546a
  • 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, pp. 1479b-1480a
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