ריקא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Biblical Hebrew רֵיק‎ (rêq, “empty”), Akkadian riāqum (“to be empty”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rejqɑʔ/

Adjective

רֵיקָא • (rēqā) m (plural רֵיקֵא)

  1. empty, void
  2. vain
  3. worthless

Noun

רֵיקָא or רֵיקָא • (rēqā or transliteration needed) m (plural רֵיקֵא (rēqē), singular feminine counterpart רֵיקְתָּא‎)

  1. a vain or worthless person

Usage notes

Occurs in rabbinic writings as a term of personal abuse, and differs little from "fool".[1]

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: ῥακά (rhaká), ῥαχά (rhakhá); ῥαχᾶς (rhakhâs)
    • → Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰 (raka)
    • → Latin: raca
    • → Old Armenian: ռակայ (ṙakay), ռակկայ (ṙakkay), ռակա (ṙaka)
    • → Old Georgian: რაკა (raḳa)
    • → Old Church Slavonic: рака (raka)
  • → Old Armenian: երախայ (eraxay)

References
  1. France R. T. (2007) The Gospel of Matthew‎, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, page 953

Further reading
  • “ryq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1476
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
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