ܪܘܥܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ ܥ ܬ, related to foaming; compare Akkadian 𒌔 (ruʾtu [UḪ₂]), Arabic رَغْوَة (raḡwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈru.ʕ(ə.)θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈru.ʕ(ə.)θe] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܥܬܐ • (rūʿəṯā) f (plural ܪܘܥܬܐ)

1. foam, froth
2. (figuratively) nonsense, gibberish

Inflection

Singular absolute ending in Aleph despite the root ending in Taw.

Inflection of ܪܘܥܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܘܥܐ		1st person	ܪܘܥܬܝ		ܪܘܥܬܢ
	construct	ܪܘܥܬ		2nd person	ܪܘܥܬܟ	ܪܘܥܬܟܝ	ܪܘܥܬܟܘܢ	ܪܘܥܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܘܥܬܐ		3rd person	ܪܘܥܬܗ	ܪܘܥܬܗ	ܪܘܥܬܗܘܢ	ܪܘܥܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܘܥܢ		1st person	ܪܘܥܬܢ		ܪܘܥܬܢ
	construct	ܪܘܥܬ		2nd person	ܪܘܥܬܟ	ܪܘܥܬܟܝ	ܪܘܥܬܟܘܢ	ܪܘܥܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܘܥܬܐ		3rd person	ܪܘܥܬܗ	ܪܘܥܬܗ	ܪܘܥܬܗܘܢ	ܪܘܥܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܪܘܥܬܢܐ (rūʿəṯānā)
• ܪܘܥܬܢܘܬܐ (rūʿəṯānūṯā)

References

• “rwˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 342a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 535b
• 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. 1452a