ܣܝܥܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܣ-ܘ-ܥ (s-w-ʿ) related to supporting; compare Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa), Hebrew סִיעָה (sîʿâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siʕtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [siʕɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܝܥܬܐ • (sīʿtā) f (plural ܣܝܥܬܐ)

1. help, aid, succour
2. company, band
3. (military) troop, army, body of soldiers
4. denomination, sect
5. caravan
6. funeral
7. text sung by a choir

Inflection

    declension of ܣܝܥܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܝܥܐ	ܣܝܥܢ
construct	ܣܝܥܬ	ܣܝܥܬ
emphatic	ܣܝܥܬܐ	ܣܝܥܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܝܥܬܝ	ܣܝܥܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܝܥܬܟ	ܣܝܥܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܝܥܬܟܝ	ܣܝܥܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܝܥܬܗ	ܣܝܥܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܝܥܬܗ	ܣܝܥܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܝܥܬܢ	ܣܝܥܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܝܥܬܟܘܢ	ܣܝܥܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܝܥܬܟܝܢ	ܣܝܥܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܝܥܬܗܘܢ	ܣܝܥܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܝܥܬܗܝܢ	ܣܝܥܬܗܝܢ

References

• “syˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 225a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 375b
• 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. 1006a-b