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

    declension of ܪܝܪܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܪܝܪ
construct	ܪܝܪ
emphatic	ܪܝܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܝܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܝܪܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܝܪܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܝܪܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܝܪܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܝܪܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܝܪܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܝܪܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܝܪܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	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