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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 needed) f (plural ܚܨܪܐ)
- (anatomy) little finger, pinky; little toe
- (figuratively) small part
- scribe's pen, reed
Inflection
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