Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Akkadian 𒋓 (išku) and Hebrew אֶשֶׁךְ (ʾéšeḵ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛʃk(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛʃke(ʔ)], [ʔɛʃkɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܫܟܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܐܫܟܬܐ or ܐܫܟܐ)

  1. (anatomy) testicle

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˀškh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-27
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 21a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 31a
  • 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. 107a