ܠܫܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [lɛʃʃɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [lɛʃʃɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܫܢܐ m (emphatic plural ܠܫܢܐ)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. (phonetics) pronunciation, articulation
3. (linguistics) language, speech
4. nation, people
5. judgement
6. (figuratively, geography) narrow stretch of land or water; isthmus, channel
7. tongue-shaped ornament; wedge

Inflection

    declension of ܠܫܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܫܢ	ܠܫܢܝܢ
construct	ܠܫܢ	ܠܫܢܝ
emphatic	ܠܫܢܐ	ܠܫܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܠܫܢܝ	ܠܫܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܠܫܢܟ	ܠܫܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܠܫܢܟܝ	ܠܫܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܠܫܢܗ	ܠܫܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܠܫܢܗ	ܠܫܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܠܫܢܢ	ܠܫܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܠܫܢܟܘܢ	ܠܫܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܠܫܢܟܝܢ	ܠܫܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܠܫܢܗܘܢ	ܠܫܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܠܫܢܗܝܢ	ܠܫܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• "l$n" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 174b
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 245a-b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 698a-b