The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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Variant reading 1 of 2

m(rb noun sg. emphatic

mˁrb, mˁrbˀ (maˁraḇ, maˁrḇā) n.m./f. west; sunset

1 west Com. ▶ more

--(a) west wind Syr.

--(b) pl. : western regions Syr.

--(c) Palestine JBA.

--(d) the Maghrib JBAg.

2 setting (of the sun or other heavenly object) OfA-Egypt, CPA. ▶ more

--(a) pl. Syr.

(a.1) (astron.) plural construct : a star's heliacal (or acronychal?) setting CPA, Syr.

(a.2) fig.: Syr.

--(b) מערב יומא LJLA.

--(c) (of the moon) LJLA.

Variant reading 2 of 2

mrb( A01

mrbˁ (mrabbaˁ/mrubbaˁ) adj. square

1 square Qum, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) (geom.) square figure Syr.

--(b) (math.) square number Syr.

2 (ox) well built (?), strong (?) Syr.