The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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(m noun pl. emphatic

pl. almost always spelled ˁmmyn

1 related group of people, nation Com. --(a) alluding to a specific group Syr. (a.1) christians Syr. (a.2) pl. : gentiles Qum, JLAtg, Syr. (a.3) Jewish nation Syr.
2 people, folks Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(a) unlearned person (see also ˁm dˀrˁ) Syr.

qryh noun pl. emphatic

qryh, qrytˀ (qiryā/quryā/qrē, qrīṯā/qiryǝṯā(qartā?)) n.f. city, town

highly irregular: abs.: qrē (see s.v. qry #3), qu/iryā; const: Syr. ܩܸܪܝܲܬ܂ ܩܘܪܝܲܬ ; emph.: OfAEg., JLA, JPA קַרתָּא ; Syr. ܩܪܝܼܬܵܐ ; pl. qūrīn, qūrwīn qūryas: Qum.; קוריא , Syr., LJLA ܩܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܐ , OfAEast qry, PTA קירויה ,קורייה ,קורוייה

  1 city, town Com.
  2 village Com.
  3 field, agricultural property Syr. --(a) ܩܪ̈ܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ : territory of a city Syr.
  4 fig. (usually with dhb) : circular crown or other head ornament PTA, LJLA.