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    The document discusses specialized vocabulary in Syriac that differs from other Aramaic dialects. Many words are loanwords from Greek influenced by Syriac Christianity. Syriac contains terms for theological concepts like baptism, resurrection, and orthodoxy. It also has distinctive meanings for common Aramaic words involving mystery, action, and divine symbolism.

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    The document discusses specialized vocabulary in Syriac that differs from other Aramaic dialects. Many words are loanwords from Greek influenced by Syriac Christianity. Syriac contains terms for theological concepts like baptism, resurrection, and orthodoxy. It also has distinctive meanings for common Aramaic words involving mystery, action, and divine symbolism.

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    The Special Vocabulary of Syriac

    Although the great majority of words in Syriac are standard Aramaic, because Syriac has the
    widest variety of genres, is heavily influenced by Byzantine Greek, and many of its authors
    and translators were especially concerned with christological matters, Syriac has quite a few
    common words that are not used or are found much more rarely in the other dialects

    air, sky ˀˀr ( ˀāˀar, ˀāyar, ܿ ܵ


    Greek ἀήρ, ‫ܐܪ‬
    ܼ ‫ܐ‬
    corresponds to ˀāˀer) n.f./m.
    ‫ אַו ֵיר‬in Jewish
    dialects and aiar
    in Mandaic.
    Greek eἶδος. form, species ˀdš, ˀdšˀ (*ˀāḏaš, ܵ ‫ܵܐ‬
    ,-‫ܕ‬
    .ˀāḏšā) n.m
    Greek gospel ˀwnglywn ‫ܢ‬01234‫ܐܘ‬
    εὐανγγέλιον. .(ˀewangelīōn) n.m
    Greek οὐσία essence, being .ˀwsyˀ (ˀūsīyā) n.f ‫‏‬ ,16‫ܐܘ‬

    ˀyk →hyk, ˀyk ܿ


    pronounced like (preposition), ‫‏‬78
    ܼ ‫ܐ‬ܼ
    “ɂaḵ”! as (conj.) (hayḵ/hēḵ/ˀaḵ)
    prep.

    Greek σχολή. school ˀskwlˀ (ˀeskōlē/ ,90:6‫ܐ‬


    Note how .ā) n.m
    borrowings from
    Greek words with
    initial clustered
    sigma take
    preformative
    aleph in Aramaic.
    Greek σχῆµα, i.e., character, manner ˀskm, ˀskmˀ ܿ
    ܵ :6
    ,,; ܼ ‫ܐ‬
    ܸ
    English “scheme”. (ˀeskēm, ˀeskēmā)
    .n.m
    =1:6‫ܐ‬
    Greek ἐπισκοπός. bishop ˀpysqwpˀ, ,>?@A‫ܐ‬
    ˀpsqpˀ
    .(ˀepīsqōpā) n.m

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    Greek ὀρθόδοξος. orthodox ˀrtdwks, BC‫ܐܪܬܕܘ‬


    .ˀrtwdwks adj
    ܵ ܿ
    also ‫‏‬EH1G
    ܼ̈ between .byt (bēṯ) prep ‫‏‬E1G
    ܹ
    enclitic like Greek for, indeed gyr (gēr) adv. J1K
    ܹ
    γαρ
    ܿ
    usually spelled treasure gnz, gnzˀ ,Lܵ K
    ܼ
    without nun in (ginzā, ganzā,
    Syriac .gazzā) n.m
    Greek γένος; kind, species gns, gnsˀ (gnes, ‫‏‬BHܸ K
    normally in the .gensā) n.m
    absolute in Syriac,
    and pl. ‫‏‬,H@HK
    ̈
    enclitic like Greek then dyn (dēn) conj./ M8‫ܹܕ‬
    δέ .adv
    common Aram. monastery dyr, dyrˀ (dēr, ,J8‫ܕ‬
    “dwelling” .day/ērā) n.m./f
    opposite, dlqwbl, ,2G0?9‫ܕ‬
    adversary dlqwblˀ
    (dalqūḇel,
    .dalqūḇlā) n.m
    Greek ὕλη, same material, matter hwlˀ (hūlā, hūlē) ,9‫ܗܘ‬
    .word as hylˀ. pl n.f.
    ‫‏‬B9‫ܗܘ‬
    ̈
    =hštˀ adv. : now in now .hšˀ (hāšā) adv ܵ ܵ
    ‫‏‬,-‫ܗ‬
    others
    here .hrkˀ (hārkā) adv ,C‫ܵܗܪ‬
    sense, pain, the ḥš, ḥšˀ (ḥaš, ,OP
    Passion ḥaššā) n.m. #2
    blessed, saintly ,HG0Q
    ṭwbn (ṭūḇān) adj.

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    Commonly “type” form, type ,@A0Q
    as in the Tanakh’s ṭwps, ṭwpsˀ
    supposed (ṭp̄os/ṭopos, ṭupsā/
    foreshadowing of ṭup̄sā) n.m.
    Christian
    scripture; see also
    s.v. ,‫ܪܙ‬.
    Greek τάξις order, rank, ṭks, ṭksˀ (ṭekkes, ,@:Q
    arrangement .ṭekkəsā) n.m
    with suffix = a type essence
    of reflexive
    yt, ytˀ (yāṯ, yāṯā) ,E8ܿ
    .n.m./f
    pronoun; an
    expansion from “yt”
    marking d.o.
    Nature, natural kyn, kynˀ ,H1C
    substance .(kyān, kyānā) n.m
    congregation, knwšh, ‫‏‬ ,E-0HC
    synagogue, knwštˀ (knuššā,
    Judaism .knuštā) n.f
    Christian krysṭyn ܿ
    ,H1S6JC
    .(krīsṭyān) adj
    to be fitting; lḥm vb, (e/a) =T9
    passive=to be
    threatening!
    older form: something, mdm ‫ܡ‬VW
    =XVHW, and can whatever (meddem) pron.
    be made plural.
    Compare ‫מדעם‬
    and ‫ מידי‬in other
    dialects.
    Both forms are on the one hand mn (man) adv. ܿ
    M8‫ ܂܂܂ ܕ‬MW
    enclitic in their ... on the other
    clauses,
    paralleling the
    Greek μὲν ... δὲ.

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    a poetic hymn of a type of hymn mdrš, mdršˀ ,-‫ܪ‬VW


    line by line varying (maḏraš, maḏršā/
    meter designed to maḏrāš, maḏrāšā)
    be sung to a fixed n.m.
    melody; i.e., quite
    different from
    Jewish midrash.
    literally: placing punishment msm bryšˀ ,-JG =@W
    on the head (məsām brēšā)
    n.m.
    ܵܵ ܿ
    Note that the root baptist mˁmdn, ‫‏‬,4V;Z
    ܼ W
    ܼ
    “(md” means “to mˁmdnˀ
    sink” in Aramaic, (maˁməḏān,
    unlike Hebrew. maˁməḏānā)
    nom.ag.C ,

    baptism
    mˁmwdy,
    mˁmwdytˀ ,E8‫ܕ‬0;ZW
    (maˁmōdī,
    maˁmōdīṯā) n.f.

    The root sˁr is action, event, swˁrn, swˁrnˀ ‫‏‬ ,4JX06


    common in visitation (suˁrān, suˁrānā)
    Aramaic in the .n.m
    sense “to visit”,
    but “to do an
    action” is a
    special Syriac
    development.
    Note the church, the ˁdh, ˁdtˀ (ˁēttā) ,‫ܬ‬VX
    assimilated “d” in Church .n.f
    the singular.
    ܵ ܽ
    and so various the Crucifixion ṣlybw, ,‫ܬ‬0\1 9ܼ ‫ܨ‬
    forms of the root ṣlybwtˀ (ṣlīḇū,
    ṣlb vb. “to crucify” .ṣlīḇūṯā) n.f

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    resurrection, the qymh, qymtˀ ,E;1^
    Resurrection (qyāmā, qyāmtā
    (qayyāmtā) ) n.f.
    Greek κατήγωρ to accuse
    with metathesis, qṭrg vb. ‫ܓ‬JS^
    but also occurs as
    J3S^.
    an important term person, essential qnwm, ܽ
    ܵ H^
    ,W0
    in the nature, hypostasis qnwmˀ (qnōm,
    christological qnōmā) n.m.
    arguments
    common in typological rz, rzˀ (rāz, rāzā) ,‫ ܐܪܙ‬,,‫ܪܙ‬
    Aramaic as symbol .n.m
    “mystery”, but
    also used here
    like ,@A0Q.
    This is the same blink, hinting rmz, rmzˀ ܵ ‫ܪ‬
    ,LW ܸ
    word as Rabbinic (rmez, remzā) n.m.
    Hebrew ‫רֶמֶז‬, but
    in Syriac it often
    has a special
    theological
    meaning: the
    divine nod or
    wink as a
    creative or
    commanding
    manifestation
    of divine will.

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