Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew עֲצָרָה (ʿăṣārâ) or עֲצֶרֶת (ʿăṣéreṯ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕɑsˤartɑ(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)sˤɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɑsˤrɑθɑ(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)sˤɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܨܪܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܥܨܪܬܐ)

  1. sacrifice
  2. religious festival

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˁṣrh”, 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. 261a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 423b
  • 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. 1127b