אריסא
Aramaic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Akkadian 𒇽𒅕𒊑𒂊𒋗 (errēšu, “tenant farmer, cultivator”), occupational noun of 𒀳 (erēšu, “to till”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]אֲרִיסָא • (ʾărīsā) m (plural אֲרִיסַיָּא (ʾărīsayyā))
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: إِرِّيس (ʔirrīs, “tenant farmer”), pl. أَرَارِسَة (ʔarārisa)
References
[edit]- “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