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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܡܣܟܝܢܐ (meskênāʾ, “poor”), from Akkadian 𒈦𒂗𒆕 (muškēnu ) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Akkadian 𒈦𒂗𒆕𒌓 (/muškēnūtu/, “state of being dependent on others, poverty”), Arabic مَسْكَنَة (maskana) and Hebrew מִסְכֵּנוּת (miskēnûṯ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
- poverty, want, penury, poorness, meagreness
- wretchedness
Inflection
References
- “mskynw”, 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. 228b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 285a-b
- 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. 791b