Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kar(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kar(ə)xe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܪܟܐ)

1. walled city or town, fortress
2. enclosure

Inflection

Usage notes

A ܟܪܟܐ ‎(karəḵāʾ) is generally larger than a ܡܚܘܙܐ ‎(māḥōzāʾ).

Etymology 2

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ ‎(k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Hebrew כֶּרֶךְ ‎(kéreḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛrkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛrke(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܪܟܐ)

1. roll
2. scroll, codex
3. book, tome, volume
4. sphere
5. eddy

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ ‎(k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Akkadian [script needed] ‎(kirku) and Arabic كَرَاخَة ‎(karāḵa(t)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܪܟܐ)

1. circuit, course
2. revolving, revolution
3. (astronomy) orbit
4. bindweed

Inflection

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek κρόκη ‎(krókē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܪܟܐ)

1. woof, weft

Inflection

References

• “krk”, 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. 162b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 227b
• 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. 654a-b