ܪܥܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܐ (r-ʿ-ʾ) related to grazing, from Proto-Semitic *rʿy. Compare Arabic رِعْيٌ (riʕyun) and Hebrew רְעִי (rəʿī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛʕjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [r(ə)ʕajjɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܥܝܐ • (reʿyā) m (plural ܪܥܝܐ)

1. pasturing, shepherding, herding
2. pasture, flock, herd
3. food, fodder

Inflection

Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

    declension of ܪܥܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܥܐ	ܪܥܝܢ
construct	ܪܥܐ	ܪܥܝ
emphatic	ܪܥܝܐ	ܪܥܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܥܝܝ	ܪܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܥܝܟ	ܪܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܥܝܟܝ	ܪܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܥܝܗ	ܪܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܥܝܗ	ܪܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܥܝܢ	ܪܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܥܝܟܘܢ	ܪܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܥܝܟܝܢ	ܪܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܥܝܗܘܢ	ܪܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܥܝܗܝܢ	ܪܥܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: ռայք (ṙaykʻ)

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܥ-ܐ (r-ʿ-ʾ) related to grazing, from Proto-Semitic *rʿy. Compare Arabic رَاعٍ (rāʕin) and Hebrew רוֹעֶה (rōʿe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɑʕjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rɑʕajje(ʔ)], [rɑʕawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܥܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܥܘܬܐ or ܪܥܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܪܥܝܬܐ)

1. shepherd
2. (Christianity) pastor, bishop

Inflection

Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

    declension of ܪܥܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܥܐ	ܪܥܘܢ ,ܪܥܝܢ
construct	ܪܥܐ	ܪܥܘܬ ,ܪܥܝ
emphatic	ܪܥܝܐ	ܪܥܘܬܐ ,ܪܥܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܥܝܝ	ܪܥܘܬܝ ,ܪܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܥܝܟ	ܪܥܘܬܟ ,ܪܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܥܝܟܝ	ܪܥܘܬܟܝ ,ܪܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܥܝܗ	ܪܥܘܬܗ ,ܪܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܥܝܗ	ܪܥܘܬܗ ,ܪܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܥܝܢ	ܪܥܘܬܢ ,ܪܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܥܝܟܘܢ	ܪܥܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܪܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܥܝܟܝܢ	ܪܥܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܪܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܥܝܗܘܢ	ܪܥܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܪܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܥܝܗܝܢ	ܪܥܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܪܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rˁy”, 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, p. 349b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 545b-546a
• 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, pp. 1479b-1480a