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ˀryk (ˀărīḵ) adj. long, long lasting
1
long, long lasting
Common Aramaic
(1)
of physical distance
Common Aramaic
GenApoc 20.5↗ מא אריכן וקטינן כול אצבעת ידיהא‏ : how long and thin are all the fingers of her hands ; TgJ 1K8:8↗ וַאְרִיכִין אְרִיחַיָא‏ : the poles are long ; P Is5:18↗ ܘܝ ܠܕܡܘܪܟܝܢ ܚ̈ܛܗܝܗܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܚܒܠܐ ܐܪܝܟܐ‏ : woe to those who lengthen their sins like a long rope ; AM 6:22↗ ušapiria anpa uzuṭan aina uˁrika šaqa : her face is lovely, her eyes small, and her legs long ; TgEsth2sup11.2-05:14↗ קיסא דאריך נ׳ אמין‏ : wood that is 40 cubits long
(1)
in genitive constructions with its headword
Common Aramaic
TgJ Ez17:3↗ אֲרִיך אַברִין‏ : long-limbed ; Audo 170a:12 ܐܲܪܼ݂ܟܲܬ݂ܣܲܥܪܵܐ‏ : long-haired ; LSt.126:3↗ ܓܒܪܐ ܐܪܝܟ ܕܩ݂ܢܐ‏ : a man with a long beard
(2)
rectangular
Syr
(1)
אריך וקטין : idem. (lit. long and narrow)
JBA, Man
BT Er 22a(39)↗ איכא בינייהו אריך וקטין‏ ; BT Er 65a(38)↗ בהנך יומי דאריכי וקטיני‏ : on those days of the rectangles (i.e., coffins) ; AM 8:15↗ ˁrika ugaṭina hauia
(2)
ܐܪܝܟ ܘܪܘܝܚ : extensive (lit. long and wide)
Syr
P Baruch 3:24↗ ܘܐܪܝܟ݂ ܘܐܪܘܝܚ ܐܬܪܐ ܕܩܢܝܢܗ‏ : how extensive his possessed place
(3)
tall
JBA, Man, LJLA
BT BM 81b(5)↗ חד אריכא וחד גוצא אריכא רכיב חמארא‏ : one was tall and the other short, and the tall one was mounted on a donkey ; AM 76:16↗ ˁnta ˁriktia tihuia ; PJ Gen14:1↗ אריוך דהוה אריך בגינבריא מלכא דתליסר‏ : PN who was tall(est?) among the warriors of the king of GN
(4)
ܡܫܘܚܬܐ ܐܪܝܟܬܐ : 12-syllable meter
Syr
CardR 2:11 text not cited
(5)
of a blessing beginning and ending with ברוך
JBA
BT Ket 8a(41)↗ שיתא אריכתא‏ : six long blessings
(2)
long-lasting
Common Aramaic
PTAZ 39.c:7[2]↗ כיון דחמא לילייא אריך‏ : when he saw it was late at night ; FTV Num14:18↗ ה׳ אריך רחמין ְ תהֶ Lֹרד٠ לֹנג ִן מֶרצי‏ ; BT Suk 45b(49)↗ כולהו {כחד} שבעה כחד יומא אריכא דאמו‏ : all seven (days of Sukkot) are considered as one long day
(1)
+rwḥ : long-suffering, patient
PTA, CPA, Sam, LJLA
TN Ex34:6↗ אלהה חננא ורחמנא אריך רוח ורחיק רגז‏ : gracious and merciful God, long-suffering and slow to anger ; CPA Joel2:13↗ ܕܚܢܢ ܘܪܚܡܢ ܗܘ܂܂ ܕܐܪܝܟ ܪܘܚ ܘܣܓܝ ܪ̈ܚܡܘܝ‏ ; PJ Ex34:6↗ אלקא רחמנא וחננא אריך רוח וקריב רחמין‏
(2)
fem. pl. : many words; w. ܒ : at length
Syr
Ps-Clem Recogs 1.8:1↗ ܒܡ̈ܠܐ ܐܪ̈ܝܟܬܐ ܐܫܬܥܐ ܐܢܝܢ ܠܟ‏ ; Ps-Clem Recogs 3.230:3↗ ܘܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܒܐܪ̈ܝܟܬܐ ܐܡܪ ܠܟܘܢ‏ : because he did not tell you at length
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(gram.) conjunctive accent (see s.v. ˀrk vb.)
Gal
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Note that in later Syriac can be written as a single word joined to genitive modifiers.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 99[49]DJPA: 74bDJBA: 167aJastrow: 119Drower/Macuch: 37b, 357bJ. Payne-Smith: 29Levy Ch-W: 1:63Tal Sam: 62DNWSI: 108DCPA[Schulthess]: 28[18]BarBahlul: 532:21Qumran: 24

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