Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic هُوَّة (huwwa), Hebrew הַוָּה (hawwâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [haw(wə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [hawwe], [hawwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܗܘܬܐ (hawwəṯāf (plural ܗܘܬܐ or ܗܘܐ)

  1. pit, abyss, deep, cavern
  2. wind
  3. destruction

Inflection edit

References edit

  • hwtˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-10-02
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 74b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 103a
  • 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 339a