Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܪܝܩܐ

Adjective

ריקא • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ריקא)

1. empty, void
2. vain
3. worthless

Noun

ריקא • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ריקא, feminine counterpart ריקתא)

1. A vain or worthless person.

References

• “ryq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press