ܪܩܕ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܩ ܕ (r q d)
1 term

Compare Arabic رَقَص (raqaṣ) and Hebrew רָקַד (raqád).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [raːqɪð]

Verb

ܪܵܩܸܕ݂ • (rāqiḏ) (present participle ܪܩܵܕ݂ܵܐ (rqāḏā), past participle ܪܩܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (rqīḏā))

  1. to dance
    ܒܸܬ ܐܵܚܠܲܚ، ܒܸܬ ܫܵܬܲܚ، ܘܒܸܬ ܪܵܩܕܲܚ.
    We will eat, we will drink and we will dance
    • Ecclesiastes 3:4:
      ܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܠܸܒܟ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܘܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܠܸܓܚܵܟܵܐ، ܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܠܸܥܒ݂ܵܕܵܐ ܬܲܥܙܝܼ ܘܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܠܸܪܩܵܕܵܐ،
      zaḇnā libḵāyā w-zaḇnā ligḥākā, zaḇnā liˁḇādā taˁzī w-zaḇnā lirqādā,
      a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
  2. to revel
  3. to jerk, convulse

Conjugation

Derived terms

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