Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)rurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)rure(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܪܘܪܐ)

1. (in the plural) freedom, emancipation, enfranchisement, manumission, deliverance, discharge
2. (in the plural) certificate of emancipation
3. hole, opening, perforation
4. eye (of a needle)
5. cell (of a honeycomb)
6. rictus
7. (anatomy) pore (of the skin)

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܪ ‎(ḥ-r) related to freedom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɑrorɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɑrore(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܪܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܪܘܪܬܐ)

1. liberator

Inflection

References

• “xrwr”, 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. 115a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 156b
• 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. 488a-b