Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܚ (ḥ-š-ḥ) related to being suitable or useful.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)ʃaħtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħaʃħɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܫܚܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܫܚܬܐ)

  1. use, usefulness, utility, employment
  2. need, necessity
  3. want
  4. supply, provision, subsistence
  5. signification
  6. (grammar) use, dialect, phrase, word

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥšḥh”, 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. 119a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 162a
  • 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. 500b