מטרא

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *maṭar-. Compare Hebrew מטר (“rain”), Arabic مَطَر (maṭar, “rain”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎉𐎗 (mṭr, “rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛtˤrɑʔ/

Noun

מטרא • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. rain

Inflection

State	Singular
Absolute	מְטַר
Construct	מְטַר
Determined	מִטְרָא

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons