ܪܚܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic رَحَى (raḥā) and Hebrew רֵחַיִם (rēḥáyim).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [raħjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [r(ə)ħawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܚܝܐ (raḥyā) f (plural ܪܚܘܬܐ)

  1. mill, millstone (especially nether millstone)
  2. (anatomy) molar
Inflection
See also

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [raħħɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [raħħɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܚܝܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܚܝܐ)

  1. miller
Inflection

References

  • rḥy”, 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. 343a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 537a
  • 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. 1455a-b
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