ܐܘܪܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אוֹרַיְתָא (ʾōrayṯā), cognate with Hebrew תּוֹרָה (torá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔoːrɑːjtɑː]

Proper noun

ܐܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ • (ōrāytā) f

1. (biblical, Judaism, Christianity) Torah, Pentateuch, Books of Moses
2. (by extension) Tanakh, Old Testament

See also

• ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܩܲܕܝܼܫܵܐ (kṯāḇā qadīšā, “the Bible”)
  • ܕܝܼܵܬ݂ܹܩܹܐ ܥܲܬܝܼܩܬܵܐ (dīyāṯēqē ˁatīqtā, “the Old Testament”)
  • ܕܝܼܵܬ݂ܹܩܹܐ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ (dīyāṯēqē ḥdattā, “the New Testament”)
• ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܿܢ (iwwangilīyōn, “the Gospel”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔoriθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔorjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܘܪܝܬܐ)

1. small aboveground garden

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܪܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܘܪܝ		1st person	ܐܘܪܝܬܝ		ܐܘܪܝܬܢ
	construct	ܐܘܪܝܬ		2nd person	ܐܘܪܝܬܟ	ܐܘܪܝܬܟܝ	ܐܘܪܝܬܟܘܢ	ܐܘܪܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܪܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܪܝܬܗ	ܐܘܪܝܬܗ	ܐܘܪܝܬܗܘܢ	ܐܘܪܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܘܪܝܢ		1st person	ܐܘܪܝܬܝ		ܐܘܪܝܬܢ
	construct	ܐܘܪܝܬ		2nd person	ܐܘܪܝܬܟ	ܐܘܪܝܬܟܝ	ܐܘܪܝܬܟܘܢ	ܐܘܪܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܪܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܪܝܬܗ	ܐܘܪܝܬܗ	ܐܘܪܝܬܗܘܢ	ܐܘܪܝܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אוֹרָיְיתָה (ʾōrāyəṯā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔorɑjtɑ]

Proper noun

ܐܘܪܝܬܐ • (ʾōrāytā) f

1. (biblical, Judaism, Christianity) Torah, Pentateuch, Books of Moses
2. (by extension) Tanakh, Old Testament

References

• “ˀwrytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2 August 2013
• Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 4b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 8a
• 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, →ISBN, page 22b