ܪܐܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • ܪܬܐ‎

Etymology

Compare Arabic رِئَة‎ (riʾa(t)) and Hebrew רֵאָה‎ (rēʾâ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [rɑ(ʔ)θɑ(ʔ)], [ra(ʔ)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܐܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܐܘܬܐ‎ or ܪܐܬܘܬܐ‎)

  1. (anatomy) lung

References
  • “rˀtˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 354a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 525a
  • 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. 1425a
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