Aramaic

Alternative forms

• אַרְקָא ‎(ʾarqā)

Noun

אַרְעָא • ‎(ʾarʿā) f ‎(plural אַרְעָתָא)

1. land, soil, earth
2. land, ground
3. land, country
   • Passover Haggadah:

     הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִּי אֲכָלוּ אַבְהָתָנָא בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם‎

     hā laḥmā ʿanyā dī ʾăḵā́lū ʾaḇhāṯānā bəʾarʿā ḏəmiṣráyim

     this is the poor bread that our ancestors ate in the Land of Egypt