ܪܝܡܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܪ-ܘ-ܡ (r-w-m) related to height.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [r(ə)jɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [r(ə)jɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܝܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܝܡܐ)

  1. height, altitude, elevation
  2. raising, elevating, lifting up, erection
  3. support
  4. honor/honour
  5. (grammar) removal
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From Aramaic 𐡌𐡀𐡓 (mʾr). Compare Arabic رِيم (rīm) and Hebrew רְאֵם (rəʾēm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rajmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rajme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܝܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܝܡܐ)

  1. buffalo
  2. unicorn
  3. (biblical) addax, pygarg (used to translate Hebrew dishon)
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References

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  • rym”, 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, pp. 342a, 345a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 539b
  • 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. 1461b