Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܢ-ܫ-ܒ (n-š-b) related to blowing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [maʃʃ(ə)vɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maʃʃ(ə)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܫܒܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܫܒܐ)

  1. blowing
  2. breeze, wind
  3. breath

Inflection edit

References edit

  • mšb”, 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. 215a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 304a
  • 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. 840b