Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From ܚܣܝܪܐ (ḥassīrāʾ, lacking), from the root ܚ-ܣ-ܪ (ḥ-s-r) related to lacking + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħassiruθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħassirwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܣܝܪܘܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܣܝܪܘܬܐ)

  1. want, indigence, deficiency, scantiness, scarcity, poverty
  2. need, necessity
  3. (astronomy) waning of the moon

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥsyrw”, 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. 113a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 151a
  • 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. 477a