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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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qrn noun pl. emphatic
qrn, qrnˀ (qre/an, qarnā) n.f. horn; angle
1 horn Com. ▶ more

--(a) (music) as a wind instrument Com.

--(b) as the horn-shaped protrusion on the corners of an altar Com.

--(c) vessel shaped like a horn JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man.
2 corner Palm, JLAtg, JPAEpig, PTA, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, Man, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) angle Syr.

--(b) extreme (pointed?) part Syr, Man.

(b.1) projection Syr.

1 projection on a letter Syr, JBA.

2 growth, excrescence JBA.

(b.2) chair arm Syr.

(b.3) (insect) antenna JBA.

--(c) בי קרנתא : meridian (lit. between the extreme points) JBA.

--(d) crescent of the Moon or its cusp Gal, Man.

--(e) (milit.) flank Syr.

--(f) lock of hair or sideburn (?) JBAmb, JBA.
3 capital funds, principal, intrinsic value OA, Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA.
4 might, prominence Syr. ▶ more

--(a) w. rwm : success, ascendance JLAtg, CPA, Syr, LJLA.

--(b) w. ܝܗܒ : to give support, allow to succeed Syr.

--(c) qa$iut qarnia : stubborness (?) Man.
5 (metr.) a measure = 12 sextari Syr.
6 (bot.) dittany (or perhaps its spike?) Syr. ▶ more

--(a) qarna Daiala : ?? Man.