ܪܚܫܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܚ ܫ (r ḥ š)
2 terms

Compare Arabic حَشَرَة (ḥašara), Hebrew רַחַשׁ (ráḥaš).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܲܚܫܵܐ (raḥšām (plural ܪ̈ܲܚܫܹܐ (raḥšē))

  1. any creeping thing: insect, bug, vermin, reptile, etc.; a creeper

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܚ-ܫ (r-ḥ-š) related to creeping; compare Arabic حَشَرَة (ḥašara), Hebrew רַחַשׁ (ráḥaš).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): (singular and plural)
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): (singular and plural)
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): (singular and plural)

Noun

ܪܚܫܐ (raḥšām (plural ܪܚܫܐ (raḥšā))

  1. (collectively) any creeping thing: insects (especially ants), vermin, reptiles, etc.; a creeper
  2. (pathology, in the plural) hoarseness, sore throat
  3. (medicine) gangrene
  4. (botany) hard plant skin
  5. (footwear) sandal
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܚ-ܫ (r-ḥ-š) related to creeping.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܚܫܐ (rəḥāšām (plural ܪܚܫܐ (rəḥāšē))

  1. decay
  2. (oncology) malignant tumor/tumour
Inflection

References

  • rḥš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-29
  • rḥš2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-29
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 344b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 538b
  • 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, page 1459a