Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Derived from ܬܠܬܐ (təlāṯā, three). Compare Hebrew שְׁלִישִׁיָּה (šəlīšīyā).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [t(ə)liθɑjuθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [t(ə)liθɑjwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ (tlīṯāyūṯāf (plural ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ (tlīṯāywāṯā))

  1. trinity, triad

Inflection edit

Proper noun edit

ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ (tlīṯāyūṯāf

  1. (Christianity) Trinity

Descendants edit

  • Arabic: ثَالُوث (ṯālūṯ) (calque)

References edit

  • tlytyw”, 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, pages 393a, 420b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 614a
  • 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, pages 1649b-1650a