ܚܨܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Probably from an earlier uncontracted form ܚܪܨܐ (ḥarṣāʾ). Compare Hebrew חֲלָצַיִם (ḥălāṣáyim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħasˤsˤɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħasˤsˤe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܚܨܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܨܐ)

1. (anatomy) back, hip, haunch, loin, kidney
2. (figuratively) back, surface, highest part, summit

Inflection

    inflection of ܚܨܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܨ	ܚܨܝܢ
construct	ܚܨ	ܚܨܝ
emphatic	ܚܨܐ	ܚܨܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܨܝ	ܚܨܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܨܟ	ܚܨܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܨܟܝ	ܚܨܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܨܗ	ܚܨܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܨܗ	ܚܨܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܨܢ	ܚܨܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܨܟܘܢ	ܚܨܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܨܟܝܢ	ܚܨܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܨܗܘܢ	ܚܨܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܨܗܝܢ	ܚܨܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥṣ”, 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. 114a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 154a
• 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, pp. 482b-483a