ܪܐܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic [Term?], from Proto-Semitic *riʔat- (“lung, breast, chest”); compare Arabic رِئَة (riʔa), Hebrew רֵאָה (re'á), Ugaritic 𐎛𐎗𐎚 (ỉrt) and Akkadian 𒃮 (iratu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [rɑːʔθɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [rɑːtɑː]

Noun

ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܐ • (rāṯā) f (plural ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (rāṯwāṯā))

1. (anatomy) lung

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܵܐܵܐ (rāˀā)		1st person	ܪܵܐܬ݂ܝܼ (rāṯī)		ܪܵܐܬ݂ܲܢ (rāṯan)
	construct	ܪܵܐܲܬ݂ (rāˀaṯ)		2nd person	ܪܵܐܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (rāṯōḵ)	ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (rāṯāḵ)	ܪܵܐܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rāṯawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܐ (rāṯā)		3rd person	ܪܵܐܬ݂ܹܗ (rāṯēh)	ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (rāṯāh)	ܪܵܐܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (rāṯhōn)
plural	absolute	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܢ (rāṯwān)		1st person	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ (rāṯwāṯī)		ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ (rāṯwāṯan)
	construct	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ (rāṯwāṯ)		2nd person	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (rāṯwāṯōḵ)	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (rāṯwāṯāḵ)	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rāṯwāṯawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (rāṯwāṯā)		3rd person	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (rāṯwāṯēh)	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (rāṯwāṯāh)	ܪ̈ܵܐܬ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (rāṯwāṯhōn)

Derived terms

• ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (rāṯānāyā)
• ܪܵܐܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ (rāṯā d-yāmā, “jellyfish”, literally “lung of the sea”)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܪܬܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic رِئَة (riʔa) and Hebrew רֵאָה (rēʾâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɑ(ʔ)θɑ], [ra(ʔ)θɑ]

Noun

ܪܐܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܐܘܬܐ or ܪܐܬܘܬܐ)

1. (anatomy) lung

References

• “rˀtˀ”, 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 354a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 525a
• 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 1425a