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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܚܝܛܐ (ħayyāṭā, “tailor”), from the root ܚ-ܘ-ܛ (ḥ-w-ṭ) related to sewing + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā). Compare Arabic خِيَاطَة (ḵiyāṭa) and Hebrew חַיָּטוּת (ħayyāṭûṯ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܝܛܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
- sewing, seaming, tailoring
Inflection
References
- “ḥyṭw”, 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, page 99b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 140a
- 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, page 446b