ܝܪܘܩܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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ܝܪܘܩܐ

Etymology

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Root
ܘ ܪ ܩ (w r q)
6 terms

Color derived from ܝܲܪܩܵܐ (yarqā, vegetable, herb); compare Hebrew יָרֹק (yarók). Of the adjective pattern 12ō3ā.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [jaroːqɑː]

Adjective

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ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqā) (feminine ܝܲܪܘܿܩܬܵܐ (yarōqtā), plural ܝܲܪ̈ܘܿܩܹܐ (yarōqē))

  1. green
    Synonym: ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)

Derived terms

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Noun

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ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqām

  1. green color

Coordinate terms

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Colors in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܓܵܘܢܹ̈ܐ (gāwnē) (layout · text)
     ܚܘܵܪܵܐ (ḥwārā)      ܩܛܘܿܡܵܐ (qṭōmā)      ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā)
             ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ (smōqā); ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܐ (qirmīzā)              ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ (ṭrōḡā); ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (purtqālā); ܫܚܘܿܡܵܐ (šḥōmā)              ܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁōṯā); ܙܵܪܓܵܐ (zārgā)
             ܠܲܝܡܵܐ (laymā)              ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqā)              ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)
             ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā)              ܙܪܘܿܩܵܐ (zrōqā)              ܡܝܼܠܵܐ (mīlā)
             ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (bānafšā); ܡܲܝܩܵܐ (mayqā)              ܦ̮ܘܼܫܝܼܵܐ (fūšīyā); ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ (argwānā)              ܘܲܪܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (warōḏā)

References

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܘ-ܪ-ܩ (w-r-q), from Proto-Semitic *waraq- (leaf). Compare Hebrew יָרֹק (yārōq).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [yɑroqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [yɑroqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

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ܝܪܘܩܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܝܪܘܩܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܪܘܩܬܐ)

  1. pale, bluish, ashy, livid

Inflection

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References

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  • yrwq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-16
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 197a
  • 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. 584a