ܡܫܓܬܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, tool noun derived from the verb ܫܵܐܹܓ݂ (šāˀēḡ, “to purge, filter; to wash”).

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ܡܫܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ • (mšāḡtā) f sg (plural ܡ̈ܫܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (mšāḡāṯā) or ܡܫܵܓ݂ܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (mšāḡyāṯē))

1. basin, washbasin, laver; sink for washing dishes
2. (literary, biblical) handwashing basin in the Temple in Jerusalem
   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Exodus 30:17:

     ܘܡܘܼܠܸܠ ܠܹܗ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܡܘܼܫܹܐ: «ܡܬܲܪܨܸܬ ܡܫܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ ܕܢܚܵܫܵܐ ܘܠܲܩܢܵܐ ܘܟܲܢܵܐ ܕܢܚܵܫܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܫܝܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ. ܘܡܲܬܒ݂ܸܬ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܹܝܢ ܡܲܫܟܲܢ ܘܲܥܕܵܐ ܘܒܹܝܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܒܚܵܐ، ܘܗܲܒ݂ܠ ܬܲܡܵܐ ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ.»

     w-mūlil lēh māryā ˁam mūšē: “mtarṣit mšāḡtā d-nḥāšā w-laqnā w-kannā d-nḥāšā qā šyāḡtā. w-matḇit lāh bēn maškan waˁdā w-bēn maḏbḥā, w-haḇl tammā mayyā.”

     Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.”

• ܠܲܩܢܵܐ (laqnā)
• ܟܲܢܵܐ (kannā)