ܦܐܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܐ (p-r-ʾ) related to being fruitful. Compare Hebrew פְּרִי (pərî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pe(ʔ)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pe(ʔ)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܐܪܐ (pēʾrāʾ) m (plural ܦܐܪܐ)

  1. fruit
  2. (figuratively) offspring, child
  3. (finance) income, revenue
  4. knot (swelling in flesh)
  5. effect, consequence
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew פַּר (par).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pa(ʔ)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pa(ʔ)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܐܪܐ (paʾrāʾ) m (plural ܦܐܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܐܪܬܐ)

  1. lamb
    Synonym: ܐܡܪܐ
Inflection

References

  • pyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-12-01
  • pˀrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-12-01
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 268b, 285b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 433a, 456a
  • 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, pp. 1151b-1152a
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