ܪܚܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic رَحَى (raḥā) and Hebrew רֵחַיִם (rēḥáyim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [raħjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [r(ə)ħawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܚܝܐ • (raḥyā) f (plural ܪܚܘܬܐ)

1. mill, millstone (especially nether millstone)
2. (anatomy) molar

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܚܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܚܐ		1st person	ܪܚܝܝ		ܪܚܝܢ
	construct	ܪܚܐ		2nd person	ܪܚܝܟ	ܪܚܝܟܝ	ܪܚܝܟܘܢ	ܪܚܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܚܝܐ		3rd person	ܪܚܝܗ	ܪܚܝܗ	ܪܚܝܗܘܢ	ܪܚܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܚܘܢ		1st person	ܪܚܘܬܝ		ܪܚܘܬܢ
	construct	ܪܚܘܬ		2nd person	ܪܚܘܬܟ	ܪܚܘܬܟܝ	ܪܚܘܬܟܘܢ	ܪܚܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܚܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܪܚܘܬܗ	ܪܚܘܬܗ	ܪܚܘܬܗܘܢ	ܪܚܘܬܗܝܢ

See also

• ܟܟܐ
• ܥܪܫܐ

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [raħħɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [raħħɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܚܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܚܝܐ)

1. miller

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܚܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܚܝ		1st person	ܪܚܝܝ		ܪܚܝܢ
	construct	ܪܚܝ		2nd person	ܪܚܝܟ	ܪܚܝܟܝ	ܪܚܝܟܘܢ	ܪܚܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܚܝܐ		3rd person	ܪܚܝܗ	ܪܚܝܗ	ܪܚܝܗܘܢ	ܪܚܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܚܝܝܢ		1st person	ܪܚܝܝ		ܪܚܝܝܢ
	construct	ܪܚܝܝ		2nd person	ܪܚܝܝܟ	ܪܚܝܝܟܝ	ܪܚܝܝܟܘܢ	ܪܚܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܚܝܐ		3rd person	ܪܚܝܘܗܝ	ܪܚܝܝܗ	ܪܚܝܝܗܘܢ	ܪܚܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rḥy”, 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. 343a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 537a
• 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. 1455a-b