Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܫ-ܛ-ܚ (š-ṭ-ḥ) related to spreading out. Compare Arabic مِسْطَح (misṭaḥ) and Hebrew מִשְׁטָח (mišṭāḥ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [maʃtˤɑħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maʃtˤɑħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܫܛܚܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܫܛܚܐ)

  1. anything spread out to dry
  2. display, displaying
  3. (geography) expanse, plain
  4. marsh

Inflection edit

References edit

  • mšṭḥ”, 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. 366b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 306a
  • 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. 844b-845a