Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.tˤux.sɑː]

Noun edit

ܐܸܣܛܘܼܟ݂ܣܵܐ (isṭuḵsām sg (plural ܐܸܣܛܘܼܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (isṭuḵsē))

  1. element, component, first principle
  2. verse, part of a hymn

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛstˤuksɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛstˤukse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܣܛܘܟܣܐ (ˀesṭuksām (plural ܐܣܛܘܟܐ or ܐܣܛܘܟܣܐ)

  1. element, component, first principle
  2. verse, part of a hymn

References edit

  • ˀsṭwks”, 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. 14b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 23a
  • 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. 68b