ܙܠܡܐ ܦܫܝܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܙܠܡܐ (z(ə)lāmā(ʾ), “crooked writing”), from the root ܙ-ܠ-ܡ (z-l-m) related to crookedness + ܦܫܝܩܐ (p(ə)šīqā(ʾ), “easy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)lɑmɑ(ʔ) f(ə)ʃiqɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܙܠܡܐ ܦܫܝܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /ɛ/

Synonyms

• ܙܠܡܐ ܕܦܫܝܩ
• ܪܒܨܐ ܐܪܝܟܐ

References

• “zlmˀ**pšyqˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 117a