Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܬ-ܘ-ܗ (t-w-h) related to astonishing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tawh(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tawhɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܬܘܗܬܐ (tawhəṯāʾf (plural ܬܘܗܬܐ)

  1. astonishment, amazement, prodigy
  2. alarm, consternation, perturbation
  3. confusion

Inflection

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References

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  • twhh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-10-12
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 388b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 606b
  • 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. 1627b