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ܟܪܬܐ

ܟܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kartɑ(ʔ)], [k(ə)rɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܪܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܪܘܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) large digit; thumb, big toe
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic كُرَّاث (kurrāṯ) and Hebrew כְּרֵשָׁה (kərēšâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [karrɑθɑ(ʔ)], [kartɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [karrɑθe(ʔ)], [karrɑθɑ(ʔ)], [karrɑθɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܪܬܬܐ or ܟܪܬܐ)

  1. leek
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܟܪܬܘܬܐ
  • ܟܪܬܢܐ
  • ܟܪܬܢܝܐ

Etymology 3

From Arabic كَارَّة (kārra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܪܬܐ)

  1. bundle, pack
  2. burden, load
Inflection

References

  • krt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • krh”, 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, pp. 161b, 163b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 228b
  • 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. 657a-b