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mryr (marrīr) adj. bitter
1
bitter
Common Aramaic
P Dt32:32↗ ܥܢ̈ܒܝܢ ܡܪ̈ܝܪܝܢ‏ ; Js 3:11↗ ܡܲܝܵܐ̈ ܚܠܲܝܵܐ̈ ܘܡܲܪܼ̈ܝܪܸܐ‏ ; Js 3:14↗ ܚܣܵܡܵܐ ܡܲܪܼܝܪܵܐ‏ ; BT Šab 127b(52)↗ כיון דמריר לא אכלה ליה‏ : since (a fresh lupine) is bitter, (a goat) does not eat it ; Pishra D-ainia 875 ↗ nahra hu marira ḏˁniš la šatia mia minẖ : he is the bitter river from which no one drinks
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fig.:
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen27:34↗ וֻצוַח צִיוחָא רַבָא וֻמָרִירָא‏ : he screamed a great and bitter scream ; TN Gen27:34↗ וצוח צווחה רבה תקיפא ומרירא עד לחדא‏ ; Ps-Clem Hom 7.314:3↗ ܐܡܪܘ ܠܝ ܡܕܡ ܕܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܠܠܝܐ ܗܘ݁ ܡܪܝܪܐ ܓܕܫ ܗܘܐ ܠܟܘܢ‏ : tell me whatever happened to you after that bitter night ; JBABowl 2.1:3↗ סני בישי ובעילדבבי מרירי‏ : evil hated ones and bitter enemies ; ATS 2.7:2633↗ zauẖ nipqat mn pagra uhua ˁdanan marira : his wife exited her body and our time became bitter ; PJ Gen27:34↗ text not cited
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vehement, ferocious
Syr, Man
Maximus 304:10 ܓܡܠܐ ܚܕ ܡܪܝܪܐ‏ : a certain ferocious camel ; P Hab1:6↗ ܥܡܐ ܡܪܚܐ ܘܡܪܝܪܐ‏ ; Pishra D-ainia 72↗ aina bišta umarirtia : evil and ferocious eye
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in idioms:
(1)
ܡܲܪܝܼܪ ܚܸܢܟܵܐ : sad
Syr
(2)
ܡܲܪܝܼܪ ܢܲܦܫܵܐ : malicious, ferocious
Syr
P 2S17:8↗ ܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܡܪ̈ܝܪܝ ܢܦܫܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܒܐ ܕܬܒ݁ܪܐ ܒܕܒܪܐ‏ : they are ferocious warriors like a rapacious bear in the field
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ܡܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ ܠܸܗ : to be grieved
Syr
ThMarg 1:187:6 ܘܡܲܪܝ݂ܪܵܐ ܠܗ ܘܚܲܫܝܫ ܘܡܥܩ ܒܗܵܝ݁ ܕܡܣܬܲܥܪܐ‏ : he was grieved, pained, and saddened by that which was happening
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as adverb
CPA
5
as subst.: venom
Syr, LJLA
AQoh.343↗ ܛܥܡܗ ܒܝܫܐ ܫܒܩ ܒܗ݀܂ ܡܪܝܪ ܚܘܝܐ ܘܚܪܡܢܐ‏ : (anger) leaves its bad taste in (the soul), the bitter venom of snake and serpent ; TgLamYem 3:15↗ אַסבְעַנִי מָרִיר חִיוָן‏ : he has fed me my full of snake venom
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 834[400]DJPA: 331aJastrow: 843Drower/Macuch: 254bPayne-Smith: 2202J. Payne-Smith: 301Levy Ch-W: 2:73Tal Sam: 489DNWSI: 696DCPA[Schulthess]: 248[115]

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