ܡܛܪܐ

From Aramaic מִטְרָא‎ (miṭrā), from Proto-Semitic; compare Arabic مَطَر‎ (maṭar), Hebrew מָטָר‎ (maṭar), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎉𐎗 (mṭr), with the Akkadian 𒈪𒋫𒅈𒌑 (/miṭar/, “field irrigated by rainwater”) appearing only at Ras Shamra, most likely borrowed from West Semitic.

• (Iraqi Koine, Ashiret, Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪtˤ.ɾˤɑ]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊtˤ.ɾˤɒ]

ܡܸܛܪܵܐ • (miṭrā) m or f (plural ܡܸܛܪܹ̈ܐ (miṭrē) or ܡܸܛܪ̈ܵܬܹܐ‎ (miṭrātē) or ܡܸܛܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ‎ (miṭrānē))

1. rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)

   ‏ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐܸܕܝܵܘܡ.‎‎ ― miṭrā ìlēh idyāwm. ― It’s raining today. (literally, “It is rain today.”)

   ‏ܒܸܥܪܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܐܸܕܝܵܘܡ.‎‎ ― biʿrāyā ìlēh miṭrā idyāwm. ― It’s raining today. (literally, “It is pouring out rain today.”)

   ‏ܐܝܼܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܠܲܐܟ݂ܵܐ ܐܲܢܹܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ.‎‎

   īt wā rābā miṭrā laʾḵā annē yāwmānē.

   There has been a lot of rain here these days.

• ܡܸܛܪܵܢܵܐ‎ (miṭrānā, “rainy”)

• ܥܵܪܹܐ‎ (ʿārē, “to rain”)

• “ܡܸܛܪܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, accessed 2022-11-26
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901), “ܡܸܛܪܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 172b

Compare Arabic مَطَر‎ (maṭar) and Hebrew מָטָר‎ (māṭār).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtˤ.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪtˤ.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈme.tˤro]

ܡܛܪܐ • (meṭrā) m (uncountable)

1. rain
   • Peshitta, Matthew 7:27:

     ‏ܘܢܚܬ ܡܛܪܐ. ܘܐܬܘ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ. ܘܢܫܒ ܪ̈ܘܚܐ. ܘܐܬܛܪܝܘ ܒܒܝܬܐ ܗܘ.‎‎

     wa-nəḥeṯ meṭrā, wə-ʾĕṯaw nahrawwāṯā, wa-nəšaḇ rūḥē, wə-ʾettəṭarrīw bə-ḇaytā haw

     And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house

From the root ܢ-ܛ-ܪ‎ (n-ṭ-r) related to guarding; compare Arabic مَنْظَر‎ (manẓar).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): /man.tˤə.rɑʔ/, [ˈmatˤ.(tˤə.)rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmatˤ.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmɑ.tˤro]

ܡܛܪܐ • (maṭṭərā) m (plural ܡܛܪܐ (maṭṭərē))

1. guarding, protecting, keeping

From Ancient Greek μήτρᾱ (mḗtrā, “womb, paunch”).

• ܡܝܛܪܐ‎ (mêṭrā)

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈme.tˤ(ə.)rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈme.tˤrɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈme.tˤrɑ]

ܡܛܪܐ • (mēṭrā) m (plural ܡܛܪܐ (mēṭrē))

1. (anatomy) uterus, womb

• ܡܪܒܥܐ‎ (marbəʿā)

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [m(ə.)ˈtˤɑ.re]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmtˤɑ.re]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmtˤo.re]

ܡܛܪܐ • (məṭārē)

1. emphatic plural of ܡܛܪܬܐ‎ (məṭārtā)

• “mṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-08
• “myṭrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-08
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 181a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 268a
• 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, page 749a