ܪܘܥܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܬ (r-ʿ-t), related to foaming; compare Akkadian 𒌔 (ruʾtu [UḪ2]), Arabic رَغْوَة (raḡwa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈru.ʕ(ə.)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈru.ʕ(ə.)θe] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܘܥܬܐ (rūʿəṯāf (plural ܪܘܥܬܐ)

  1. foam, froth
  2. (figuratively) nonsense, gibberish

Inflection

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Singular absolute ending in Aleph despite the root ending in Taw.

Derived terms

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References

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  • rwˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-09
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 342a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 535b
  • 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. 1452a