ܡܣܐܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܢ ܣ ܐ (n s ˀ)
4 terms
ܡܣܐ̈ܬܐ

Etymology

From the verb ܢܵܣܹܐ (nāsē, to be tried, lift up, take away), from Aramaic מַּסָאתָא (massāˀṯā)

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯāf pl (plural only)

  1. balance, scales

Inflection

Derived terms

Proper noun

ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯāf

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Libra (constellation and zodiac sign)

Coordinate terms

Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text)
ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) ܬܵܘܪܵܐ (tāwrā) ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀōmē) ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā)
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā) ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā) ܥܲܩܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqrḇā)
ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā) ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā) ܕܵܘܠܵܐ (dāwlā) ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Root
ܢ ܣ ܐ
1 term

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܣܐܬܐ (massaʾṯāf (plural ܡܣܐܬܐ (massāʾṯā))

  1. balance, scale

Inflection

Proper noun

ܡܣܐܬܐ (massaʾṯāf

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Libra (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

  • msˀh”, 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 206a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 283b
  • 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, pages 786b–787a