ܝܪܝܟܐ

From Aramaic אַרִיכָא‎ (arrīḵā) with a shift from an initial /ʔ/ to /j/; cognate to Hebrew אָרֹךְ‎ ('arókh).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [jar.riːxɑː]

ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ • (yarīḵā) (feminine ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ‎ (yarīḵtā), plural ܝܲܪ̈ܝܼܟ݂ܹܐ (yarīḵē))

1. long (having a great distance from one end to the other)

   ‏ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܗ̇ܘ ܚܲܒ݂ܠܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܕܐܲܢܹܐ ܬܪܹܝܢ.‎‎

   kē bāˁēn awa ḥaḇlā yarīḵā min d-annē trēn.

   I want the long rope out of these two.

   ‏ܚܕܵܐ ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܗܲܠ ܣܲܗܪܵܐ.‎‎

   ḥdā hādḵā urḥāā yarīḵtā ìlāh min arˁā hal sahrā.

   It's such a long way from the Earth to the Moon.

   ‏ܠܸܫܵܢܹܗ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ‎ ― liššānēh yarīḵā ìlēh ― he talks back and argues a lot (literally, “his tongue is long”)

2. long (of great duration)

   ‏ܩܵܐ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܢܘܼܪ̈ܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܕܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ ܗ݇ܘܝܼܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ.‎‎

   qā ḥa mitḥā yarīḵā nūrānāyē d-miṣrēn wīyā ìnā.

   The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.

3. (formal) Used in the construct state, with a noun complement.

   ‏ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܲܬ ܟܵܘܣܵܐ‎ ― baḵtā yarīḵat kāwsā ― a long-haired woman

   ‏ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ ܕܸܩܢܵܐ‎ ― gaḇrā yarīḵ diqnā ― a long-bearded man

4. tall

• ܟܸܪܝܵܐ‎ (kiryā), ܩܨܝܼܪܵܐ‎ (qṣīrā)

• ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂‎ (yarīḵāˀīṯ, “lengthwise, longways, to a great extent”)