ܐܘܪܩܥܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the root ܪ-ܩ-ܥ (r-q-ʿ) related to compacting. Compare Arabic رُقْعَة (ruqʕa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔurqaʕ(ə)θɑ], [ʔurq(ə)ʕ(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔurq(ə)ʕɑθɑ], [ruqʕe] (plural)

Noun

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ܐܘܪܩܥܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܪܘܩܥܐ or ܐܘܪܩܥܬܐ)

  1. cloth, patch, rag, tatter
  2. sheet of paper

Inflection

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References

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  • rwqˁh”, 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, page 353a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 8b,536a
  • 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, page 23a