Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɑːsiːtɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ɑːsiːθaː]

Noun edit

ܐܵܣܝܼܬܵܐ (āsītāf (plural ܐܵܣܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (āsyātē))

  1. female equivalent of ܐܵܣܝܵܐ (āsyā, medical doctor, healer, physician, nurse)

Inflection edit

Synonyms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɑsiθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɑsjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܣܝܬܐ (ʾāsīṯāf (plural ܐܣܝܬܐ (ʾāsyāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܐܣܝܐ (ʾāsyā))

  1. female equivalent of ܐܣܝܐ (ʾāsyā, healer, physician, medical doctor; midwife; nurse)
  2. healing
  3. medicine, salve

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˀsyh”, 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 14a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 23b
  • 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, page 73a