ܚܫܚܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܚ (ḥ-š-ḥ) related to being suitable or useful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)ʃaħtɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħaʃħɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܚܫܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܫܚܬܐ)

1. use, usefulness, utility, employment
2. need, necessity
3. want
4. supply, provision, subsistence
5. signification
6. (grammar) use, dialect, phrase, word

Inflection

    declension of ܚܫܚܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܫܚܐ	ܚܫܚܢ
construct	ܚܫܚܬ	ܚܫܚܬ
emphatic	ܚܫܚܬܐ	ܚܫܚܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܫܚܬܝ	ܚܫܚܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܫܚܬܟ	ܚܫܚܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܫܚܬܟܝ	ܚܫܚܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܫܚܬܗ	ܚܫܚܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܫܚܬܗ	ܚܫܚܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܫܚܬܢ	ܚܫܚܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܫܚܬܟܘܢ	ܚܫܚܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܫܚܬܟܝܢ	ܚܫܚܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܫܚܬܗܘܢ	ܚܫܚܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܫܚܬܗܝܢ	ܚܫܚܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥšḥh”, 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. 119a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 162a
• 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. 500b