ܝܬܪܐ Aug 31st 2011, 08:40 Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary (Difference between revisions)
Latest revision as of 08:40, 31 August 2011 [edit] Classical Syriac [edit] Etymology From the root ܘ-ܬ-ܪ (IPA: /w-t-r/) related to being extra. Compare Arabic وَتَر (watar) and Hebrew יֶתֶר (yéṯer). [edit] Pronunciation - IPA: [jaθrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA: [jaθre(ʔ)] (plural)
ܝܬܪܐ m (emphatic plural ܝܬܪܐ) - rope, cord, string, fibre
- bowstring
- (anatomy) sinew, tendon
- (geometry) chord, diameter
- (architecture) beam
[edit] Inflection [edit] References - Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon
- Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 147a
- Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 200b
- Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, pp. 590b-591a
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