Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܡܪܐ)

1. lady, mistress, ruler
2. princess, governess, abbess
3. patrician, noble
4. owner
5. employer
6. rewarder
7. author
8. (in the plural) neighbors/neighbours
9. best

Inflection

Proper noun

ܡܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f

1. Martha (Biblical figure)
2. A female given name

Etymology 2

From the root ܡ-ܪ-ܪ ‎(m-r-r) related to bitterness. Compare Arabic مِرَّة ‎(mirra(t)) and Hebrew מָרָה ‎(mārâ).

Alternative forms

• ܡܐܪܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛrr(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mɛrrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܡܪܬܐ)

1. bitterness
2. (biochemistry) gall, bile, humor/humour
3. poison, venom

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܡܪܬܐ ܐܘܟܡܬܐ
• ܡܪܬܐ ܚܪܘܥܬܐ
• ܡܪܬܐ ܣܘܡܩܬܐ
• ܡܪܬܐ ܝܨܘܦܬܐ

References

• “mrh”, 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, pp. 190b, 191a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 303b-304a
• 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. 839b-840a