ܡܛܪܩܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Cognate with Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [matˤr(ə)qɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [matˤr(ə)qe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܡܛܪܩܐ (maṭrəqām (plural ܡܛܪܩܐ)

  1. strap, thong
  2. whip, scourge
  3. (in the plural) blows, strikes

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old Armenian: մտրակ (mtrak)

References

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  • mṭrq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-14
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 133b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 268b
  • 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. 750a