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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Probably from an earlier uncontracted form ܚܪܨܐ (ḥarṣā). Compare Hebrew חֲלָצַיִם (ḥălāṣáyim).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܲܨܵܐ • (ḥaṣṣā) m (plural ܚܲܨܹ̈ܐ (ḥaṣṣē) or ܚܲܨܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥaṣṣānē))
- (anatomy) back
- (figuratively) back side
- ܥܹܕܬܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܚܲܨܲܢ ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ― ˁēdtā ˁal ḥaṣṣan īlāh ― The church is situated behind us.
Usage notes
The plural ܚܲܨܹ̈ܐ (ḥaṣṣē) is used for the backs of humans while the plural ܚܲܨܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥaṣṣānē) is used for the backs of animals.
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Probably from an earlier uncontracted form ܚܪܨܐ (ḥarṣāʾ). Compare Hebrew חֲלָצַיִם (ḥălāṣáyim).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܨܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܨܐ)
- (anatomy) back, hip, haunch, loin, kidney
- (figuratively) back, surface, highest part, summit
Inflection
References
- “ḥṣ”, 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. 114a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 154a
- 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, pp. 482b-483a