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ḥˀr (ḥē/ār) adj. free
1
free person (as opposed to enslaved)
Syr, JBAg, Man
GeschJosWein 17(4) ܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܢܫ̈ܝܢ ܚܐܪ̈ܬܐ ܘܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܐܡܗ̈ܬܐ‏ : two free wives and two slave women ; AGnEx 6.4↗ ܡܦܩܗ݀ ܕܐܡܬܐ܂ ܘܕܒܪܗ݀܂ ܡܛܠ ܕܓܚ݂ܟ ܗܘܐ ܒܒܪܗ݀ ܕܚܐܪܬܐ‏ : the expulsion of the slave woman and her son because he had laughed at the son of the free woman ; IshGen 202:11↗ ܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܐܡ݂ܪ ܝܘܣܦ ܠܙܒܘ̈ܢܐ ܕܚܐܪܐ ܐܝܬܝ‏ : Joseph did not tell the buyers: I am a free person
2
noble
Syr, JBA
EphFid 83:14.1↗ ܘܐܦ ܠܐ ܒܕܗܒܐ ܡܚܠܦܐ ܚܐܪܬܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬܗ݀‏ : a noblewoman does not even exchange her pearl for gold ; BT Yom 20b(17)↗ אבוב לחרי זמר‏ : a flute is music for nobles
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Back-formation from ḥyryn. RPSm notes that the masculine form alone does not occur in Syriac, but as our citation shows, that is clearly no longer the case.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 480bDrower/Macuch: 127bPayne-Smith: 1552

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