ܐܘܠܨܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܐ-ܠ-ܨ (ʾ-l-ṣ) related to pressing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔulsˤɑnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔulsˤɑne(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܘܠܨܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܠܨܢܐ)

1. narrowness
2. being shut up closely; siege, restraint
3. strait, calamity
4. suffering, oppression, hardship
5. distress, anxiety
6. illness
7. necessity, need

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܠܨܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܘܠܨܢ		1st person	ܐܘܠܨܢܝ		ܐܘܠܨܢܢ
	construct	ܐܘܠܨܢ		2nd person	ܐܘܠܨܢܟ	ܐܘܠܨܢܟܝ	ܐܘܠܨܢܟܘܢ	ܐܘܠܨܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܠܨܢܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܠܨܢܗ	ܐܘܠܨܢܗ	ܐܘܠܨܢܗܘܢ	ܐܘܠܨܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܘܠܨܢܝܢ		1st person	ܐܘܠܨܢܝ		ܐܘܠܨܢܝܢ
	construct	ܐܘܠܨܢܝ		2nd person	ܐܘܠܨܢܝܟ	ܐܘܠܨܢܝܟܝ	ܐܘܠܨܢܝܟܘܢ	ܐܘܠܨܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܠܨܢܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܠܨܢܘܗܝ	ܐܘܠܨܢܝܗ	ܐܘܠܨܢܝܗܘܢ	ܐܘܠܨܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀwlṣn”, 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. 11a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 6a
• 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. 16b