Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܠ-ܘ-ܫ (l-w-š) related to kneading. Compare Hebrew לַיִשׁ (láyiš). See also Armenian լավաշ (lavaš).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܠܝܫܐ (layšā) m (uncountable)

  1. dough, paste
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܠ-ܘ-ܫ (l-w-š) related to kneading.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [l(ə)jɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [l(ə)jɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܠܝܫܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܠܝܫܐ)

  1. kneading
  2. kneading trough
Inflection edit

References edit

  • lyš”, 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. 170b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 241b
  • 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. 689b