ܡܫܟܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *mašk-. Compare Arabic مَسْك (mask).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛʃkɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [mɛʃke], [mɛʃkɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܡܫܟܐ • (meškā) m (plural ܡܫܟܢܐ (meškānē) or ܡܫܟܐ (meškē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܫܟ | 1st person | ܡܫܟܝ | ܡܫܟܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܫܟ | 2nd person | ܡܫܟܟ | ܡܫܟܟܝ | ܡܫܟܟܘܢ | ܡܫܟܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܡܫܟܗ | ܡܫܟܗ | ܡܫܟܗܘܢ | ܡܫܟܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܫܟܢܝܢ ,ܡܫܟܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܫܟܢܝ ,ܡܫܟܝ | ܡܫܟܢܝܢ ,ܡܫܟܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܫܟܢܝ ,ܡܫܟܝ | 2nd person | ܡܫܟܢܝܟ ,ܡܫܟܝܟ | ܡܫܟܢܝܟܝ ,ܡܫܟܝܟܝ | ܡܫܟܢܝܟܘܢ ,ܡܫܟܝܟܘܢ | ܡܫܟܢܝܟܝܢ ,ܡܫܟܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܫܟܢܐ , | 3rd person | ܡܫܟܢܘܗܝ ,ܡܫܟܘܗܝ | ܡܫܟܢܝܗ ,ܡܫܟܝܗ | ܡܫܟܢܝܗܘܢ ,ܡܫܟܝܗܘܢ | ܡܫܟܢܝܗܝܢ ,ܡܫܟܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
From the root ܡ ܫ ܟ related to drying up.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [m(ə)ʃɑxɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [m(ə)ʃɑxe] (plural)
Noun
ܡܫܟܐ • (mšāḵā) m (plural ܡܫܟܐ (mšāḵē))
- carelessness, negligence
- fasting, hunger
- (in the plural) trifles, follies, absurdities, nonsense
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܫܟ | 1st person | ܡܫܟܝ | ܡܫܟܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܫܟ | 2nd person | ܡܫܟܟ | ܡܫܟܟܝ | ܡܫܟܟܘܢ | ܡܫܟܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܫܟܐ | 3rd person | ܡܫܟܗ | ܡܫܟܗ | ܡܫܟܗܘܢ | ܡܫܟܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܫܟܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܫܟܝ | ܡܫܟܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܫܟܝ | 2nd person | ܡܫܟܝܟ | ܡܫܟܝܟܝ | ܡܫܟܝܟܘܢ | ܡܫܟܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܫܟܐ | 3rd person | ܡܫܟܘܗܝ | ܡܫܟܝܗ | ܡܫܟܝܗܘܢ | ܡܫܟܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “mšk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “mšk2”, 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 193b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 306b
- 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, pages 846b–847a