ܪܥܝܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܐ (r-ʿ-ʾ) related to grazing, from Proto-Semitic *rʿy. Compare Arabic رِعْيٌ (riʕyun) and Hebrew רְעִי (rəʿī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rɛʕjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [r(ə)ʕajjɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܥܝܐ (reʿyām (plural ܪܥܝܐ)

  1. pasturing, shepherding, herding
  2. pasture, flock, herd
  3. food, fodder
Inflection
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Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

Descendants
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  • Old Armenian: ռայք (ṙaykʻ)

Etymology 2

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From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܐ (r-ʿ-ʾ) related to grazing, from Proto-Semitic *rʿy. Compare Arabic رَاعٍ (rāʕin) and Hebrew רוֹעֶה (rōʿe).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rɑʕjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rɑʕajje(ʔ)], [rɑʕawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܥܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܥܘܬܐ or ܪܥܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܪܥܝܬܐ)

  1. shepherd
  2. (Christianity) pastor, bishop
Inflection
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Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

References

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  • rˁy”, 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. 349b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 545b-546a
  • 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. 1479b-1480a