ܚܨܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܨ-ܪ (ḥ-ṣ-r) related to narrowing. Compare Arabic خِنْصَر (ḵinṣar).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܚܨܪܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܨܪܐ)

  1. (anatomy) little finger, pinky; little toe
  2. (figuratively) small part
  3. scribe's pen, reed

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܨܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܚܨܪ 1st person ܚܨܪܝ ܚܨܪܢ
construct ܚܨܪ 2nd person ܚܨܪܟ ܚܨܪܟܝ ܚܨܪܟܘܢ ܚܨܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܨܪܐ 3rd person ܚܨܪܗ ܚܨܪܗ ܚܨܪܗܘܢ ܚܨܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܚܨܪܝܢ 1st person ܚܨܪܝ ܚܨܪܝܢ
construct ܚܨܪܝ 2nd person ܚܨܪܝܟ ܚܨܪܝܟܝ ܚܨܪܝܟܘܢ ܚܨܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܨܪܐ 3rd person ܚܨܪܘܗܝ ܚܨܪܝܗ ܚܨܪܝܗܘܢ ܚܨܪܝܗܝܢ

References

  • ḥṣr”, 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 114b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 155a
  • 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 485a