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Aramaic
Etymology
From the root מ־שׁ־ח /ܡ-ܫ-ܚ related to anointing. Cognate to Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ) from Old Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew מְשַׁח (m'šaḥ, “anoint”). Compare Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ • (m'šīḥāʾ) m
- (Christianity) Messiah, Christ
- (Abrahamic religions) anointed one, messiah
Derived terms
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܡ-ܫ-ܚ related to anointing. Compare Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ) and Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ or ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (m'šīḥoʾ or m'šīḥāʾ) m
- (Abrahamic religions) anointed one, messiah
Inflection
Proper noun
ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ or ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (M'šīḥoʾ or M'šīḥāʾ) m
- (Christianity) Messiah, Christ
Derived terms
References
- “mšyḥ”, 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, pp. 193a, 412b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 305a
- 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. 845a