ܪܘܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܩ-ܩ (r-q-q) related to spitting. Compare Arabic رِيق (rīq) and Hebrew רֹק (rōq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ruqqɑ(ʔ)], [rawqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ruqqe(ʔ)], [rawqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܘܩܐ)

1. saliva, spittle
2. spitting, expectoration
3. ignominy

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܘܩܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܘܩ		1st person	ܪܘܩܝ		ܪܘܩܢ
	construct	ܪܘܩ		2nd person	ܪܘܩܟ	ܪܘܩܟܝ	ܪܘܩܟܘܢ	ܪܘܩܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܘܩܐ		3rd person	ܪܘܩܗ	ܪܘܩܗ	ܪܘܩܗܘܢ	ܪܘܩܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܘܩܝܢ		1st person	ܪܘܩܝ		ܪܘܩܝܢ
	construct	ܪܘܩܝ		2nd person	ܪܘܩܝܟ	ܪܘܩܝܟܝ	ܪܘܩܝܟܘܢ	ܪܘܩܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܘܩܐ		3rd person	ܪܘܩܘܗܝ	ܪܘܩܝܗ	ܪܘܩܝܗܘܢ	ܪܘܩܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rwq”, 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, p. 352b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 536a
• 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. 1452b