ܪܝܪܐ

See also: ܕܝܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܪܝܼܪܵܐ (rīrā), Arabic رَيْر (rayr), and Hebrew רִיר (rîr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [riːreː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [rˤiːrˤeː]

Noun

ܪܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ • (rīrē) m pl (uncountable)

1. saliva, drool (not spat out of the mouth)
2. liquid mucus

See also

• ܪ̈ܘܿܩܹܐ (rōqē, “spit”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic رَيْر (rayr) and Hebrew רִיר (rîr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rirɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. saliva, spittle
2. mucus, watery phlegm
3. mucilage, juice

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܝܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܝܪ		1st person	ܪܝܪܝ		ܪܝܪܢ
	construct	ܪܝܪ		2nd person	ܪܝܪܟ	ܪܝܪܟܝ	ܪܝܪܟܘܢ	ܪܝܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܪܝܪܗ	ܪܝܪܗ	ܪܝܪܗܘܢ	ܪܝܪܗܝܢ

References

• “ryr”, 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. 345b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 539b
• 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. 1462a