ܪܩܕܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܩ-ܕ (r-q-d) related to dancing. Compare Arabic رَقَّاصَة (raqqāṣa) and Hebrew רֹקֵדָה (rōqēḏ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܩܕܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܪܩܕܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܪܩܕܐ)

  1. dancer, mime

Inflection

References

  • rqd”, 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. 352b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 549b
  • 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. 1488b