ריקא
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Aramaic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Syriac: ܪܝܩܐ
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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רֵיקָא • (rēqā) m (plural רֵיקֵא)
Noun[edit]
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רֵיקָא • (rēqā or transliteration needed) m (plural רֵיקֵא (rēqē), singular feminine counterpart רֵיקְתָּא)
Usage notes[edit]
Occurs in rabbinic writings as a term of personal abuse, and differs little from "fool".[1]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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