ܚܫܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ ܫ ܟ related to darkness. Compare Hebrew חֹשֶׁךְ (ḥṓšeḵ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɛʃkɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɛʃke] (plural)

Noun

ܚܫܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܫܟܐ)

  1. darkness, obscurity
  2. (figuratively) dimness or dullness of mind
  3. (astronomy) eclipse

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܫܟܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܚܫܟ 1st person ܚܫܟܝ ܚܫܟܢ
construct ܚܫܟ 2nd person ܚܫܟܟ ܚܫܟܟܝ ܚܫܟܟܘܢ ܚܫܟܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܫܟܐ 3rd person ܚܫܟܗ ܚܫܟܗ ܚܫܟܗܘܢ ܚܫܟܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܚܫܟܝܢ 1st person ܚܫܟܝ ܚܫܟܝܢ
construct ܚܫܟܝ 2nd person ܚܫܟܝܟ ܚܫܟܝܟܝ ܚܫܟܝܟܘܢ ܚܫܟܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܫܟܐ 3rd person ܚܫܟܘܗܝ ܚܫܟܝܗ ܚܫܟܝܗܘܢ ܚܫܟܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “ḥšk”, 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, page 119b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 162b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 501b
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