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 • (meškām (plural ܡܫܟܢܐ (meškānē) or ܡܫܟܐ (meškē))

  1. (anatomy) skin, hide, fell
  2. leather
  3. peel, rind, zest
  4. tribute
Inflection
Inflection of ܡܫܟܐ
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 • (mšāḵām (plural ܡܫܟܐ (mšāḵē))

  1. carelessness, negligence
  2. fasting, hunger
  3. (in the plural) trifles, follies, absurdities, nonsense
Inflection
Inflection of ܡܫܟܐ
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