ܚܘܝܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
Compare Arabic حَيَّة (ḥayya).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈħɛw.jɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈxɪw.jɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈħɛw.jo]
Noun edit
ܚܘܝܐ • (ḥewyā) m (plural ܚܘܘܬܐ (ḥəwawwāṯā), singular feminine counterpart ܚܘܘܝܬܐ (ḥəwāwīṯā))
References edit
- “ḥywy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-25
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 99b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131a
- 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 424b