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ˀryk (ˀărīḵ) adj. fitting, proper
fitting, proper
BAEzra, Gal, JBA, JBAg
Ezra 4:14↗ וְעַרְוַת מַלְכָּא לָא אֲרִיךְ לַנָא לְמֶחֱזֵא‏ : it is not fitting for us to see the king's nudity ; VR 80:3 (1)↗ לית את ידע דלא אריך‏ : don't you know that it is not proper ; GnDer 54(73)↗ ולא אריך לברנש לממנע נפשיה למתרחמה על אחֵנן יש׳‏ : it is not fitting for a person to keep himself from having mercy on our fellow Israelite ; SShHai 7b(4); 15b(9); 16a(4); Geon 171:3 text not cited ; HM(1) 85:(1)26↗ סב חומרתא דפרזלא ודאברא ותלי במדעם דאריך על דוכתא דבעית‏ : take an amulet of iron and lead and hang it in something appropriate wherever you wish
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For etym. discussion see HALOT s.v. Note that the JBA talmudic passage is in a Western Aramaic context.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 74bDJBA: 167bJastrow: 119

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