ܚܘܫܒܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (ḥ-š-b) related to thinking. Compare Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb) and Hebrew חִשּׁוּב (ḥiššûḇ). The sense of "implication" is a calque of Arabic ضَمِير الشَّأْن وَالْقِصَّة (ḍamīr aš-šaʔn wa-l-qiṣṣa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܚܘܫܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܫܒܐ)
- thought, idea, reckoning, opinion, account
- reasoning, consideration, council
- intent, intention, purpose
- design, project
- computation
- number, amount
- (grammar) implication; part understood in an elliptical sentence
- care
Inflection edit
inflection of ܚܘܫܒܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܚܘܫܒ | ܚܘܫܒܝܢ |
| construct | ܚܘܫܒ | ܚܘܫܒܝ |
| emphatic | ܚܘܫܒܐ | ܚܘܫܒܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܚܘܫܒܝ | ܚܘܫܒܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܚܘܫܒܟ | ܚܘܫܒܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܚܘܫܒܟܝ | ܚܘܫܒܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܚܘܫܒܗ | ܚܘܫܒܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܚܘܫܒܗ | ܚܘܫܒܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܚܘܫܒܢ | ܚܘܫܒܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܚܘܫܒܟܘܢ | ܚܘܫܒܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܚܘܫܒܟܝܢ | ܚܘܫܒܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܚܘܫܒܗܘܢ | ܚܘܫܒܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܚܘܫܒܗܝܢ | ܚܘܫܒܝܗܝܢ |
References edit
- “ḥwšb”, 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, p. 118b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 135a
- 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, p. 435a