Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Hebrew שַׁחַת (šáḥaṯ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)ħɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun edit

ܫܚܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܫܚܘܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) armpit
  2. armhole
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Hebrew שַׁחַת (šáḥaṯ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃɛħtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɛħte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܚܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܫܚܬܐ)

  1. (botany) duckweed, water parsnip
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܫܚܬܐ (transliteration neededm (plural only; not used in singular form)

  1. eminences
Inflection edit

References edit

  • šḥt”, 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. 364b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 573a
  • 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. 1547a