Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛtˁrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܛܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. rain

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܢ-ܛ-ܪ ‎(n-ṭ-r) related to guarding. Compare Arabic مَنْظَر ‎(manẓar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [matˁtˁ(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [matˁtˁ(ə)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܛܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܡܛܪܐ)

1. guarding, protecting, keeping

Inflection

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek μήτρᾱ ‎(mḗtrā).

Alternative forms

• ܡܝܛܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [metˁrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [metˁre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܛܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܡܛܪܐ)

1. (anatomy) uterus, womb

Inflection

Synonyms

• ܡܪܒܥܐ

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)tˁɑre(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܛܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܡܛܪܬܐ

References

• “mTr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “myTr)”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 181a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 268a
• 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. 749a