# ܩܪܝܬܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

Instance noun of ܩܵܪܹܐ (qārē, “to read; to call”); cognate to Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa) and Hebrew קְרִיאָה (qri'á).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [qərɑːjtɑː]
* (Urmia) IPA: [qəreːtɑː]

#### Noun

ܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ • (qrāytā) f (plural ܩܪ̈ܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qrāyāṯā))
* shout, cry, exclamation
* call, vocation, summon
* reading, rendering, recitation
* invocation, invitation
* appellation, naming, nomination
* recall, revocation
* crowing, cockcrow
* braying of trumpets
* (poetry) recitation of poetry, meter/metre
* (grammar) various senses: exclamation; vocative case
* (law) appeal, recalling
* (ecclesiastical) designation (of bishop)
* (Christianity) invocation of the Holy Trinity at baptism

##### Derived terms

* ܝܸܡ ܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yim qrāytā)
* ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yaḏˁā dqrāytā)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Aramaic [Term?]; compare Classical Syriac ܩܵܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (“plank, beam”) and Hebrew קֶרֶשׁ (qéresh).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [qaːriːθaː]

#### Noun

ܩܵܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (qārīṯā) f (plural ܩܵܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qāryāṯā) or ܩܵܪ̈ܝܼܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qārīyāṯā))
* main beam or plank in a roof
* crossbeam

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic [Term?]; compare Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya), Hebrew קִרְיָה (qiryá) and קֶרֶת (qéret).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [qəriːθɑː]

#### Noun

ܩܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (qrīṯā) f (plural ܩܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܐ (quryā) or ܩܸܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qiryāṯā))
* (formal, literary) town, village, hamlet

##### Usage notes

The plural ܩܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܐ (quryā) is used for the collective sense while the plural ܩܸܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qiryāṯā) is used for the individual sense.

##### See also

* ܡܵܬ݂ܵܐ (māṯā)

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [qəriːθɑː]

#### Adjective

ܩܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (qrīṯā) f
* feminine of ܩܸܪܝܵܐ (qiryā, “read, called”)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

Compare Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya) and Hebrew קִרְיָה (qiryâ) and קֶרֶת (qéreṯ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [q(ə)riθɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qɛrjɑθɑ], [qurjɑ], [qurja(ʔ)s], [qurjos] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܘܪܝܘܣ or ܩܘܪܝܣ or ܩܘܪܝܐܣ or ܩܘܪܝܐ or ܩܪܝܬܐ)
* town, village, hamlet
* district
* field
* farm
* property, possession

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From the root ܩ ܪ ܐ related to calling. Compare Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa) and Hebrew קְרִיאָה (qərîʾâ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [q(ə)rɑjtɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [q(ə)rɑjɑθɑ] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܪܝܬܐ)
* shout, cry, exclamation
* calling, summoning
* call, vocation
* reading, rendering, recitation
* invocation, invitation
* (Christianity) invocation of the Holy Trinity at baptism
* appellation, naming
* nomination
* (ecclesiastical) designation (of bishop)
* (law) appeal, recalling
* recall, revocation
* (poetry) recitation of poetry, meter/metre
* (grammar) various senses: exclamation; vocative case; grammatical mood; type of sentence; name of accent
* sound
* crowing, cockcrow
* braying (of trumpets)

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qɑriθɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qɑrjɑθɑ] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܪܝܬܐ)
* weevil, locust
* infestation
* tortoise
* (pathology) (possibly) kind of disease

##### Inflection
### Etymology 4

Compare Hebrew קֶרֶשׁ (qéreš).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qɑriθɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qɑrjɑθɑ] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܪܝܬܐ)
* beam, plank

##### Inflection
### Etymology 5

From the root ܩ ܪ ܐ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qɑriθɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [qɑrjɑθɑ] (plural)

#### Noun

ܩܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܪܝܬܐ)
* falling down

##### Inflection
### Etymology 6

From Classical Mandaic ࡒ-ࡓ-ࡀ, "to create".

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [q(ə)riθɑ]

#### Noun

ܩܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
* creation

##### Inflection
### Etymology 7

From Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ).

#### Alternative forms

* ܩܪܝܬܝ

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [q(ə)riθɑ], [q(ə)riθe]

#### Noun

ܩܪܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
* barley
* (pathology) stye

##### Inflection
### References

* “qry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “qryh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “qrytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 328b, 330b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 517a, 519b
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 1410a–1411a