Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܚ-ܘ-ܛ (ḥ-w-ṭ) related to sewing. Compare Arabic خَيَّاطَة (ḵayyāṭa) and Hebrew חַיָּטָה (ħayyāṭâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħajjɑtˤtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħajjɑtˤɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܝܛܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܝܛܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܝܛܐ)

  1. seamstress

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥyṭ”, 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 99b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 140a
  • 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 446b