ܡܨܥܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Nominalized from the feminine form of ܡܨܥܝܐ (meṣʿāyā, “middle, central”), from the root ܡ ܨ ܥ related to being in the middle. Compare Hebrew אֶמְצָעִית (ʾemṣāʿîṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛsˤʕɑjtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mɛsˤʕɑjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܨܥܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܨܥܝܬܐ)

  1. midnight
  2. (anatomy) middle finger
  3. (music, poetry, prosody) alexandrine, twelve-syllable meter/metre

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܨܥܝܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܨܥܝܐ 1st person ܡܨܥܝܬܝ ܡܨܥܝܬܢ
construct ܡܨܥܝܬ 2nd person ܡܨܥܝܬܟ ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝ ܡܨܥܝܬܟܘܢ ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܨܥܝܬܐ 3rd person ܡܨܥܝܬܗ ܡܨܥܝܬܗ ܡܨܥܝܬܗܘܢ ܡܨܥܝܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܨܥܝܢ 1st person ܡܨܥܝܬܢ ܡܨܥܝܬܢ
construct ܡܨܥܝܬ 2nd person ܡܨܥܝܬܟ ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝ ܡܨܥܝܬܟܘܢ ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܨܥܝܬܐ 3rd person ܡܨܥܝܬܗ ܡܨܥܝܬܗ ܡܨܥܝܬܗܘܢ ܡܨܥܝܬܗܝܢ

References

  • “mṣˁyh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 295a
  • 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 818a
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