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r)$ noun sg. abs. or construct= r)$ N --> ry$ N
1 (anat.) head Com.
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--(a) as the focus of punishment Syr.
(a.1) ܒܬܪ ܪܝܫܐ : upside down Syr.
2 top Com.
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--(a) fig.: best, choice, finest quality Com.
(a.1) (of bad things) : the worst Syr.
(a.2) preferred position, leading position OfA-Pers, Syr, Man.
(a.3) to go, rise lryš : to achieve the best, succeed Syr, Man.
1 to come to pass Syr.
2 w. "raise up" : to fulfill, make succeed Man.
--(b) lit. top, thing on top Com.
(b.1) in compounds : the top thing, the main thing .
1 ܪܝܫ ܐܣܬܐ : top of the wall, capstone Syr.
2 ܪܝܫ ܦܪܨܘܦܐ : forehead Syr.
3 d/lzwytˀ : capstone (?), cornerstone(?) CPA, Syr.
(b.2) top-most point, citadel Syr.
3 beginning, origin, source OfA-Egypt, OfA-West, JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBAg, Man.
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--(a) first thing, first part CPA.
(a.1) first part of a tannaitic statement Gal, JBA.
--(b) first-fruits Syr.
--(c) (of a river) source Qum, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA.
--(d) in compounds : the first thing, beginning .
4 capital funds, principal OfA-Egypt, Nab, Syr, JBAg.
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--(a) רישׁ כיסא : principal JBAg.
--(b) ܪܝܫ ܡܠܐ : principal Syr.
5 tip, extremity Gal, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.
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--(a) bit riš : end place, i.e. goal? Man.
--(b) רישא...רישא, ܪܝܫ ܪܝܫ : one end, the other end; completely Syr, JBA.
6 chief, head of a group Com, -OA -OfA -BA.
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--(a) in compounds: chief X, chief of X .
7 major element, main point Com.
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--(a) chapter Syr.
--(b) region Syr.
(b.1) major group, section Syr.
--(c) individual, one of a group Palm, Syr.
--(d) (philos.) principal, fundamental feature, first principle Syr, Man.
--(e) a military unit Syr.
8 in compounds: something characterized by being a head or top of something .
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--(a) ܪܝܫ ܕܟܪܐ : battering ram Syr.
--(b) (med.) ܪܝܫ ܕܒܒܐ : myuiokephalon (a disease) Syr.
9 in adverbial phrases Syr.
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--(a) ܡܢ ܕܪܝܫ : see s.v. mn ryš adv. Syr.
--(b) mn riš briš : again and again, forever, completely Man.
(b.1) ܪܝܫܐ ܪܝܫܐ : one after another, i.e., head after head Syr.
--(c) בריש adv./prep. see s.v. bryš OfA-Egypt, JLAtg.
--(d) ܩܘܡ ܪܝܫܐ : to do something first, most importantly Syr.
--(e) ברישׁ גלי : openly : see s.v. gly adj. JLAtg.
--(f) ܪܝܫ ܒܪܝܫ : evenly, top to top Syr.
10 poison [Hebrew: ראש, רוש] JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.
