Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܚ-ܛ-ܐ (ḥ-ṭ-ʾ) related to sinning. Compare Arabic خَاطِئ (ḵāṭiʔ) and Hebrew חַטָּא (ḥaṭṭā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܚܛܝܐ (ḥaṭṭāyām (plural ܚܛܝܐ (ḥaṭṭāyē), singular feminine counterpart ܚܛܝܬܐ (ḥaṭṭāytā))

  1. sinner

Inflection

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References

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  • ḥṭy2”, 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, page 102a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 138a
  • 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, page 442b