إريس

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See also: اریس

Arabic

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إِرِّيس أَلْمَانِيّ

Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic אֲרִיסָא (ʾărīsā, tenant farmer), from Akkadian 𒇽𒅕𒊑𒂊𒋗 (/⁠errēšu⁠/, tenant farmer, cultivator), occupational noun of 𒀳 (/⁠erēšu⁠/, to till), hence doublet of حَرَّاث (ḥarrāṯ).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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إِرِّيس (ʔirrīsm (plural أَرَارِسَة (ʔarārisa) or أَرَارِيس (ʔarārīs))

  1. (obsolete, rare) tenant farmer

Declension

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References

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  • إريس” in Almaany
  • ˀrys”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 128
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎[1], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 49
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, pages 167b–168a