ܚܫܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܟ (ḥ-š-k) related to darkness. Compare Hebrew חֹשֶׁךְ (ḥṓšeḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛʃkɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛʃke(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܚܫܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܫܟܐ)

1. darkness, obscurity
2. (figuratively) dimness or dullness of mind
3. (astronomy) eclipse

Inflection

    inflection of ܚܫܟܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܫܟ	ܚܫܟܝܢ
construct	ܚܫܟ	ܚܫܟܝ
emphatic	ܚܫܟܐ	ܚܫܟܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܫܟܝ	ܚܫܟܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܫܟܟ	ܚܫܟܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܫܟܟܝ	ܚܫܟܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܫܟܗ	ܚܫܟܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܫܟܗ	ܚܫܟܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܫܟܢ	ܚܫܟܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܫܟܟܘܢ	ܚܫܟܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܫܟܟܝܢ	ܚܫܟܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܫܟܗܘܢ	ܚܫܟܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܫܟܗܝܢ	ܚܫܟܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥšk”, 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. 119b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 162b
• 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. 501b