The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

ryšh, ryštˀ (rēšā, rī/ēštā) n.f. chief(f.); abbess

1 abbess Syr. JohEphLES 537:1 . ROrChr 5 395:2 .

2 chief (f.) JBA. BT Pes 110a(36)var. : אמרא לי רישיהו/רישתייהו/ דנשים כשפניות‏ the chief of the sorceresses said to me. (a) in compounds: feminine chiefs of something Syr. (b.1) ryšt dyrˀ : abbess (see mng. 1) Syr. StudSin9-10 90:4 . (b.2) ryšt ˁd̈tˀ : head church, i.e. Rome Syr. BO3/1 605b:27 .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1466[729]; DJBA: 1083a; Jastrow: 1478; Payne-Smith: ~3899; J. Payne-Smith: 540;

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ryšt rwmˀ (rēšaṯ rawmē) n.m. highest altitude