ܚܘܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic حَيَّة (ḥayya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈħɛw.jɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈxɪw.jɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈħɛw.jo]

Noun

A snake

ܚܘܝܐ • (ḥewyā) m (plural ܚܘܘܬܐ (ḥəwawwāṯā), singular feminine counterpart ܚܘܘܝܬܐ (ḥəwāwīṯā))

1. snake, serpent
2. (figuratively) Satan

References

• “ḥywy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-25
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 99b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131a
• 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 424b