ܡܣܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Root
ܡ ܣ ܐ
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)sɑθɑ], [mass(ə)θɑ], [mastɑ]

Noun

ܡܣܬܐ • (mɘsāṯā, massətā, mastā) f (uncountable)

1. rennet, coagulum, sour curdled milk
2. fermentation
3. yoghurt

Inflection

    declension of ܡܣܬܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܡܣܐ
construct	ܡܣܬ
emphatic	ܡܣܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܣܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܣܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܣܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܣܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܣܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܣܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܣܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܣܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܣܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܣܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Central Kurdish: ماست (mast)
• → Middle Persian: [script needed] (m’st' /⁠māst⁠/, “yoghurt”)
  • Persian: ماست (mâst)
    • → Arabic: مَاسْت (māst)

Etymology 2

Root
ܡ ܣ ܣ
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛss(ə)θɑ]

Noun

ܡܣܬܐ • (messəṯā) f (uncountable)

1. that which is enough; right amount, satiety, sufficiency, abundance
2. portion

Inflection

    declension of ܡܣܬܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܡܣܐ
construct	ܡܣܬ
emphatic	ܡܣܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܣܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܣܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܣܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܣܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܣܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܣܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܣܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܣܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܣܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܣܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 3

Noun

ܡܣܬܐ • (massaʾṯā) f (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of ܡܣܐܬܐ (massaʾṯā)

Inflection

    declension of ܡܣܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܣܐ	ܡܣܢ
construct	ܡܣܬ	ܡܣܬ
emphatic	ܡܣܬܐ	ܡܣܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܣܬܝ	ܡܣܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܣܬܟ	ܡܣܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܣܬܟܝ	ܡܣܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܣܬܗ	ܡܣܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܣܬܗ	ܡܣܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܣܬܢ	ܡܣܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܣܬܟܘܢ	ܡܣܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܣܬܟܝܢ	ܡܣܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܣܬܗܘܢ	ܡܣܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܣܬܗܝܢ	ܡܣܬܗܝܢ

References

• “msh²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “msh”, 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, pages 188a–b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 287a
• 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, pages 796a–b