ܪܟܟܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܪ-ܟ-ܟ (r-k-k) related to softening. Compare Hebrew רִכּוּךְ (rikkûḵ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [r(ə)xɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [r(ə)xɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܪܟܟܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. softness, tenderness
  2. (in the plural) mildness

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • rkk”, 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. 346a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 541b
  • 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, p. 1469a