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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mTrh noun sg. emphatic
mṭrh, mṭrtˀ (maṭṭrā, maṭṭartā) n.f. custody, care
1 custody, care JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) watch, guard (an official function) JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.

--(b) safekeeping Qum, PTA, CPA, JBA, LJLA.

--(c) purgatory Man.
2 watch (as a time of night or day) CPA, Syr, LJLA.
3 observance JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA.
4 garrison, station Syr.