ܥܪܐ

From Aramaic עַרָא (ʿarrā); akin to Ugaritic 𐎓𐎗𐎓𐎗 (ʿrʿr, “tamarisk”), Hebrew עַרְעָר (ar'ar, “juniper”), Arabic عَرْعَر (ʕarʕar), عَرْعَار (ʕarʕār, “juniper”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʕar.rɑː]

ܥܲܪܵܐ • (ˁarrā) m sg (plural ܥܲܪܹ̈ܐ (ˁarrē))

1. tamarisk

From Aramaic עֲרָא (ʿărā)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʕɑːreː]

ܥܵܪܹܐ • (ˁārē) (present participle ܥܪܵܝܵܐ (ˁrāyā), past participle ܥܸܪܝܵܐ (ˁiryā))

1. to hold, hold back, seize, grasp
2. to catch
3. to contain, fit
4. to coagulate through a culture
5. to join a dance

   ܥܪܝܼ ܚܸܓܵܐ ܥܲܡܲܢ. ― ˁrī ḥiggā ˁamman. ― Join us in the khigga.

6. to pour out

   ܥܪܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܡܪܵܐ ܒܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܟܵܣܹ̈ܐ ܩܵܐ ܐܵܪ̈ܚܝܼ. ― ˁrē lī ḥamrā b-tlāṯā kāsē qā ārḥī. ― I poured out wine into three cups for my guests.

7. (of inanimates) to start, commence, begin

   ܥܪܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܫܸܢܬ݂ܵܗ̇ ― ˁrē lāh šinṯāh ― She started becoming sleepy. (literally, “Her sleep started”)

   ܥܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܣܸܬܘܵܐ. ― ˁrē lēh sitwā. ― Winter has started.

   1. to pour out, drop, precipitate as rain, snow etc.

      ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܒܸܥܪܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ― miṭrā biˁrāyā ìlāh ― It is raining (literally, “Rain is pouring out”)

      ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܒܸܥܪܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ― talgā biˁrāyā ìlēh ― It is snowing (literally, “Snow is pouring out”)

• (hold): ܕܵܒ݂ܹܩ (dāḇēq), ܐܵܚܹܕ݂ (āḥēḏ)
• (catch): ܠܵܩܹܛ (lāqēṭ), ܩܵܦܹܐ (qāpē)
• (contain): ܚܵܒ݂ܹܫ (ḥāḇēš)
• (start): ܫܲܪܹܐ (šarrē)
• (pour out): ܕܵܪܹܐ (dārē), ܫܵܦܹܟ݂ (šāpēḵ)
• (precipitate): ܨܵܠܹܐ (ṣālē), ܢܵܚܹܬ݂ (nāḥēṯ), ܡܵܛܹܪ (māṭēr, “to rain”), ܬܵܠܹܓ݂ (tālēḡ, “to snow”)

Akin to Ugaritic 𐎓𐎗𐎓𐎗 (ʿrʿr, “tamarisk”), Hebrew עַרְעָר (ʿarʿār, “juniper”), Arabic عَرْعَر (ʕarʕar), عَرْعَار (ʕarʕār, “juniper”).

• IPA^(key): [ʕarrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕarre] (plural)

ܥܪܐ • (ʿarrā) m (plural ܥܪܐ (ʿarrē))

1. tamarisk

   Synonym: ܒܝܢܐ (bīnā)

• ܟܒܪ ܥܪܐ
• ܥܪܥܘܪܐ

From the root ܥ-ܪ-ܐ (ʿ-r-ʾ).

• IPA^(key): [ʕɑrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕɑre] (plural)

ܥܪܐ • (ʿārā) m (plural ܥܪܐ (ʿārē))

1. violence, intensity

• “ˁr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ˁr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 426b
• 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, page 1133b