Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From ܝܨܝܦܐ (yaṣṣīp̄ā, careful), from the root ܝ-ܨ-ܦ (y-ṣ-p) related to being careful + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jasˤsˤifuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun edit

ܝܨܝܦܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. care, attention
  2. guardianship
  3. seriousness
  4. diligence, zeal
  5. eagerness, anxiety
  6. cure, remedy

Inflection edit

References edit

  • yṣypw”, 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. 143a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 195a
  • 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. 580a