Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܥ-ܨ-ܒ (ʿ-ṣ-b) related to bandaging. Compare Arabic عَصَب (ʕaṣab) and Hebrew עָצָב (ʿāṣāḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)sˤɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)sˤɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܨܒܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܨܒܐ)

  1. binding, ligature
  2. bandage, plaster
  3. healing, curing, recovery
  4. drug, medicine, medicament, remedy, prescription

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˁṣb”, 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. 260b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 423a
  • 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. 1125a