ܣܝܥܬܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From the root ܣ-ܘ-ܥ (s-w-ʿ) related to supporting; compare Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa), Hebrew סִיעָה (sîʿâ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܣܝܥܬܐ • (sīʿtā) f (plural ܣܝܥܬܐ)
- help, aid, succour
- company, band
- (military) troop, army, body of soldiers
- denomination, sect
- caravan
- funeral
- text sung by a choir
Inflection edit
declension of ܣܝܥܬܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܣܝܥܐ | ܣܝܥܢ |
| construct | ܣܝܥܬ | ܣܝܥܬ |
| emphatic | ܣܝܥܬܐ | ܣܝܥܬܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܣܝܥܬܝ | ܣܝܥܬܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܣܝܥܬܟ | ܣܝܥܬܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܣܝܥܬܟܝ | ܣܝܥܬܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܣܝܥܬܗ | ܣܝܥܬܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܣܝܥܬܗ | ܣܝܥܬܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܣܝܥܬܢ | ܣܝܥܬܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܣܝܥܬܟܘܢ | ܣܝܥܬܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܣܝܥܬܟܝܢ | ܣܝܥܬܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܣܝܥܬܗܘܢ | ܣܝܥܬܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܣܝܥܬܗܝܢ | ܣܝܥܬܗܝܢ |
References edit
- “syˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-15
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 225a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 375b
- 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. 1006a-b