The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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מַרִיר‏ adj. bitter

bitter Com. fig. Com. TgO Gen27:34 : וֻצוַח צִיוחָא רַבָא וֻמָרִירָא‏ he screamed a great and bitter scream. TN Gen27:34 : וצוח צווחה רבה תקיפא ומרירא עד לחדא‏ . PJ Gen27:34 .

as subst.: venom Syr, LJLA. TgLamYem 3:15 : אַסבְעַנִי מָרִיר חִיוָן‏ he has fed me my full of snake venom.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 331a; Jastrow: 843; Levy Ch-W: 2:73; Tal Sam: 489; DNWSI: 696;

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Derivatives:

mryrh, mryrtˀ (mrīrā, mrīrtā) n.f. gall

mryrw, mryrwtˀ (marrīrū, marrīrūṯā) n.f. bitterness