Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [raħʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܪܚܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܪܚܫܐ)

1. (collectively) any creeping thing: insects (especially ants), vermin, reptiles, fish, etc.
2. (pathology, in the plural) hoarseness, sore throat
3. (medicine) gangrene
4. (botany) hard plant skin
5. sandal

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܚ-ܫ ‎(r-ḥ-š) related to moving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r(ə)ħɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [r(ə)ħɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܚܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܪܚܫܐ)

1. decay
2. (oncology) malignant tumor/tumour

Inflection

References

• “rx$”, 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. 344b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 538b
• 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. 1459a