Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܡܪܝܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܪܐ • ‎(mārā) m ‎(plural ܡܪܘܬܐ or ܡܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܪܬܐ)

1. lord, master, ruler
2. prince, satrap
3. patrician, noble
4. owner
5. employer
6. rewarder
7. author
8. (in the plural) neighbors/neighbours

Inflection

Descendants

• Old Armenian: մար ‎(mar)

See also

• ܡܪܝܐ

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒄑𒈥 ‎(marru [^GEŠMAR]). Compare Arabic مَرّ ‎(marr) and Ancient Greek μάρρον ‎(márrhon).

Alternative forms

• ܡܐܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [marre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܡܪܐ)

1. shovel, spade, hoe, mattock
2. mallet

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܡ-ܪ-ܪ ‎(m-r-r) related to bitterness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. bitterness

Inflection

References

• “mr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mry”, 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, pp. 190b-191a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 247b, 298a
• 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, pp. 823b-824b