ܝܨܝܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew אַצִּיל (ʾaṣṣîl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jasˤsˤilɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [jasˤsˤile(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܝܨܝܠܐ • (yaṣṣīlāʾ) m (plural ܝܨܝܠܐ)

1. (anatomy) elbow, joint, forearm

Usage notes

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection

    inflection of ܝܨܝܠܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܝܨܝܠ	ܝܨܝܠܝܢ
construct	ܝܨܝܠ	ܝܨܝܠܝ
emphatic	ܝܨܝܠܐ	ܝܨܝܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܝܨܝܠܝ	ܝܨܝܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܝܨܝܠܟ	ܝܨܝܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܝܨܝܠܟܝ	ܝܨܝܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܝܨܝܠܗ	ܝܨܝܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܝܨܝܠܗ	ܝܨܝܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܝܨܝܠܢ	ܝܨܝܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܝܨܝܠܟܘܢ	ܝܨܝܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܝܨܝܠܟܝܢ	ܝܨܝܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܝܨܝܠܗܘܢ	ܝܨܝܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܝܨܝܠܗܝܢ	ܝܨܝܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “yṣyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 143a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 195a
• 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. 579b