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ריקא

ריקא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Adjective

ריקא (transliteration needed) m (plural ריקא)

  1. empty, void
  2. vain
  3. worthless

Noun

ריקא (transliteration needed) m (plural ריקא, feminine counterpart ריקתא)

  1. A vain or worthless person.

References

  • ryq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press