ܥܪܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic [Term?], from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́arrat- (“co-wife”). Cognate with Arabic ضَرَّة (ḍarra), Akkadian 𒁮𒋰𒁀 (ṣerretum), and Biblical Hebrew צָרָה (ṣɔrɔ).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʕarrθaː]

Noun

ܥܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ • (ˁarṯā) f (plural ܥܲܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁarrāṯā) or ܥܲܪ̈ܬ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁarṯāṯā))

  1. co-wife, rival wife

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Usage notes

This refers to the co-wives of Muslim and sometimes Jewish neighbors, as Assyrian Christians do not hold to the practice of polygamy.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.