Classical Syriac

Noun

ܩܪܝܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܩܪܝܢܐ)

1. call, vocation
2. calling, invocation, appeal
3. reading, study, learning, erudition
4. science, knowledge
5. disputation
6. listening
7. (ecclesiastical) lection, lesson
8. holy scripture (especially Old Testament)
9. chapter
10. crowing, cockcrow

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܪ-ܐ ‎(q-r-ʾ).

Noun

ܩܪܝܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܩܪܝܢܐ)

1. combat, strife
2. wrestling

Inflection

References

• “qryn”, 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. 328a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 519b
• 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. 1409a-b