ܐܪܥܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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ܐܣܦܝܪ ܐܪܥܐ

Etymology

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From Aramaic אַרְעָא (ʾarʿā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-; compare Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ), Hebrew אֶרֶץ (ʾéreṣ /⁠'érets⁠/) and Akkadian 𒆠 (erṣetum).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁāf (plural ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (arˁāṯā))

  1. land, earth
  2. field
    Synonym: ܚܲܩܠܵܐ (ḥaqlā)
  3. ground, floor
    Synonym: ܪܸܨܦܵܐ (riṣpā)
  4. (chiefly in the plural) land, territory, terrain
    Synonyms: ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (aṯrā), ܩܠܹܝܡܵܐ (qlēmā)

Inflection

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    Inflection of ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܐܲܪܥܝܼ
(arˁī)
ܐܲܪܥܲܢ
(arˁan)
construct ܐܲܪܲܥ
(arraˁ)
2nd person ܐܲܪܥܘܼܟ݂
(arˁūḵ)
ܐܲܪܥܵܟ݂ܝ
(arˁāḵ)
ܐܲܪܥܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(arˁāwḵōn)
emphatic ܐܲܪܥܵܐ
(arˁā)
3rd person ܐܲܪܥܹܗ
(arˁēh)
ܐܲܪܥܵܗ̇
(arˁāh)
ܐܲܪܥܗܘܿܢ
(arˁhōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܝܼ
(arˁāṯī)
ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܲܢ
(arˁāṯan)
construct ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂
(arˁāṯ)
2nd person ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂
(arˁāṯūḵ)
ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ
(arˁāṯāḵ)
ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(arˁāṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܹܐ
(arˁāṯē)
3rd person ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܘܼܗܝ
(arˁāṯūh)
ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܘܿܗ̇
(arˁāṯōh)
ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ
(arˁāṯhōn)

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁāf

  1. Earth (the third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live)
    • Genesis 1:1:
      ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬ݂ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܝܵܬ݂ ܫ̈ܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܝܵܬ݂ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ
      brāšīṯ brē lēh allāhā yāṯ šmayyā w-yāṯ arˁā
      In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth

Coordinate terms

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܐܪܥܐ (ʔarʕāf (plural ܐܪܥܬܐ (ʔarʕāṯā))

  1. land, soil, earth
  2. field
  3. ground, floor
  4. (architecture) ground floor, first floor
  5. bottom
  6. country, region

Inflection

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Derived terms

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See also

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Proper noun

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ܐܪܥܐ (ʔarʕāf

  1. Earth

References

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  • ˀrˁ”, 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, page 20b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 30a
  • 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, page 104a-b