ܚܣܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܚܹܨܢܵܐ/חִצְנַא (ḥeṣnā)
• חוּסנַא/ܚܘܼܣܢܵܐ (ḥusnā)

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܣ-ܢ (ḥ-s-n) related to strength. Compare Arabic حِصْن (ḥiṣn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛsnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛsne(ʔ)], [ħɛsnawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܚܣܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܣܢܘܬܐ or ܚܣܢܐ)

1. fortress, citadel, rampart, outwork
2. fortification, stronghold

Inflection

    declension of ܚܣܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܣܢ	ܚܣܢܘܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܢ
construct	ܚܣܢ	ܚܣܢܘܬ ,ܚܣܢܝ
emphatic	ܚܣܢܐ	ܚܣܢܘܬܐ ,ܚܣܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܣܢܝ	ܚܣܢܘܬܝ ,ܚܣܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܣܢܟ	ܚܣܢܘܬܟ ,ܚܣܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܣܢܟܝ	ܚܣܢܘܬܟܝ ,ܚܣܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܣܢܗ	ܚܣܢܘܬܗ ,ܚܣܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܣܢܗ	ܚܣܢܘܬܗ ,ܚܣܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܣܢܢ	ܚܣܢܘܬܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܣܢܟܘܢ	ܚܣܢܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܣܢܟܝܢ	ܚܣܢܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܣܢܗܘܢ	ܚܣܢܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܣܢܗܝܢ	ܚܣܢܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܚܣܢܘܢܐ
• ܚܣܢܝܐ

References

• “ḥsn”, 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. 112b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 152b
• 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. 479a