ܚܪܫܘܬܐ

From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܫ (ḥ-r-š) related to being mute or hoarse. Compare Hebrew חֵרְשׁוּת (ħēršūṯ).

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ܚܪܫܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

1. deafness, dumbness

From ܚܪܫܐ (ḥarrāšā(ʾ), “magician”), from the root ܚ-ܪ-ܫ (ḥ-r-š) related to magic + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

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ܚܪܫܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܪܫܘܬܐ)

1. magic, sorcery, wizardry, witchcraft

• “ḥršw”, 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. 118a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 160a
• 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, p. 496b