ܨܘܡܐ ܪܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • (colloquial, dialectal) ܨܲܘܡܵܐ ܓܘܼܪܵܐ (ṣawmā gūrā)

Etymology

Literally, “The great fast”

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܲܘܡܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ • (ṣawmā rabbā) m

  1. (Christianity) Lent, the Christian time of fasting before Easter
    Synonym: ܨܲܘܡܵܐ ܕܐܲܪܒܥܝܼܢ (ṣawmā d-arbˁīn, literally “the fast of forty”)
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