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r)$ noun sg. abs. or construct= r)$ N --> ry$ N
ryš, ryšˀ (rēš, rēšā) n.m. head; top; chief
Mand. pl.rišauata, rišuata, rišia

  1 head Com. --(a) as the seat of vision Com.
  2 top Com. --(a) fig.: top, best, choice Com. (a.1) choice, first quality Gal, PTA. (a.2) best Syr. 1 (of bad things) : the worst Syr. (a.3) preferred position Syr. (a.4) to go, rise ܠܪܝܫ : to achieve the best, succeed Syr. --(b) lit. top, thing on top Com. (b.1) in compounds : the top thing, the main thing . 1 ܪܝܫ ܐܣܬܐ : top of the wall, capstone Syr. 2 ܪܝܫ ܦܪܨܘܦܐ : forehead Syr. 3 d/lzwytˀ : capsone (?), cornerstone(?) CPA, Syr.
  3 beginning OfA-Egypt, Qum, Gal, Syr. --(a) first part of a tannaitic statement Gal, JBA. --(b) firstfruits Syr. --(c) in compounds : the first thing, beginning . (c.1) (of a river) source Qum, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA.
  4 capital funds, principal OfA-Egypt, Nab, Syr. --(a) ריש כיסא : principal JBA. --(b) ܪܝܫ ܡܠܐ : principal Syr.
  5 tip, extremity Gal, Syr. --(a) bit riš : end place, i.e. goal? Man.
  6 chief, head of a group Palm, Nab, Qum, PTA, Syr. --(a) in compounds: chief X, chief of X .
  7 major element Com. --(a) chapter Syr. --(b) region Syr. (b.1) major group, section Syr. --(c) principal organ Syr. --(d) (philos.) principal, fundamental feature Syr. --(e) individual, one of a group Palm, Syr.
  8 in compounds: something characterized by being a head or top of something . --(a) ܪܝܫ ܕܟܪܐ : battering ram Syr. --(b) ܪܝܫ ܕܒܒܐ : myuiokephalon (a disease) Syr.
  9 adv (various) Syr. --(a) ܡܢ ܕܪܝܫ : see s.v. mn ryš adv. Syr. --(b) mn riš briš : again and again, i.e. forever Man. (b.1) ܪܝܫܐ ܪܝܫܐ : one after another, i.e., head after head Syr. --(c) בריש adv./prep. see s.v. bryš OfA-Egypt, JLAtg. --(d) ܩܘܡ ܪܝܫܐ : to do something first, most importantly Syr. --(e) בריש גלי : openly : see s.v. gly adj. JLAtg.
  10 center, point Syr. --(a) source Syr. (a.1) ܪܝܫ ܡܒܘܥܐ : the source of a spring Syr.
  11 poison [Heb. ראש , רוש ] JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.

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ḥd (ḥaḏ) num. one
fem. ḥăḏā; Palm., Sam. normally אחד !

  1 one Com. --(a) someone, certain OA-East, Jud, Syr, JBA. (a.1) in construct with a plural noun: any one of OA. --(b) fem. as adv. : once, one time Syr.
  2 with another number (or b_ + number) : mulitiplicative: twice, thrice, etc. Com. --(a) preceded by על JLAtg, LJLA.
  3 in other compounds . --(a) ḥd bšbˀ/h : Sunday; see s.v. šbh Com. --(b) ܚܕ ܚܕ : one by one : see s.v. ḥdḥd adv. CPA, Syr, JBA, JBAg. --(c) ܚܕ ܠܟܡܐ, ܚܕܐ ܠܟܡܐ : sometimes, once in a while Syr. --(d) ܚܕ ܟܡܐ : adv. : by how much more CPA, Syr. (d.1) ܙܲܒܢܵܐ ܚܕ ܟܡܐ : at a certain time Syr. --(e) ܚܕܐ ܠܪܒܐ : very rarely Syr.
  4 in compounds after prepositions . --(a) k + ḥd : see s.v. kḥdh adv. . --(b) mn + ḥdh : see s.v. mḥdh adv. .
  5 to emphasize indefiniteness of a noun in the Eastern Aramaic determined state Syr, JBA, Man.