ܬܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܬ-ܘ-ܫ (t-w-š) related to wandering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tawʃɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [tawʃe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܬܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܘܫܐ)

1. wasteland, desert, wilderness
2. wandering
3. error

Inflection

    inflection of ܬܘܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܘܫ	ܬܘܫܝܢ
construct	ܬܘܫ	ܬܘܫܝ
emphatic	ܬܘܫܐ	ܬܘܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܘܫܝ	ܬܘܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܘܫܟ	ܬܘܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܘܫܟܝ	ܬܘܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܘܫܗ	ܬܘܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܘܫܗ	ܬܘܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܘܫܢ	ܬܘܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܘܫܟܘܢ	ܬܘܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܘܫܟܝܢ	ܬܘܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܘܫܗܘܢ	ܬܘܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܘܫܗܝܢ	ܬܘܫܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (desert): ܡܕܒܪܐ

References

• “twš”, 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. 389b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 609a
• 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. 1635a