Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Aramaic פְשַך (pšaḵ, goat hoof; measure 1/6 cubit (3 inches)) loaned as Akkadian 𒁍𒍑𒆪 (/⁠pusku, pušku⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pɛʃkɑ(ʔ)], [pɛʃ(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɛʃke(ʔ)], [pɛʃ(ə)xe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܦܫܟܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܫܟܐ)

  1. handbreadth/handsbreadth, palm
  2. (animal anatomy) goat's hoof

Inflection edit

References edit

  • pšk”, 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. 294a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 468b
  • 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. 1261b