ܚܡܫܒܫܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܚ ܡ ܫ (ḥ m š)
6 terms

Etymology

From ܚܲܡܫܵܐ (ḥamšā, “five, fifth”) +‎ ܒ- (b-, “in”) +‎ ܫܲܒܵܐ (šabbā, “week”); compare Arabic الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs) and Hebrew יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי (yom khamishí).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xamʃɑwːʃabbɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [xæm.ʃoːʃi.ba]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xamʃoːʃaːba], [xamʃoːʃeːba]

Proper noun

ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ or ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܹܒܵܐ • (ḥamšāḇšabbā or ḥamšāḇšēbā) m

1. Thursday (fifth day of the week)

Coordinate terms

• days of the week: ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (yāwmānē d-šāḇōˁā) (appendix): ܚܲܕ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥaḇšabbā) · ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (trēḇšabbā) · ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (tlāṯāḇšabbā) · ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (arbˁāḇšabbā) · ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥamšāḇšabbā) · ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ˁruḇtā) · ܫܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (šabṯā) ^[edit]

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܚܡܫ ܒܫܒܐ, ܚܡܫܐ ܒܫܒܐ

Etymology

From ܚܡܫܐ (ħamšā, “five, fifth”) + ܒ- (b(ə)-, “in”) + ܫܒܐ (šabbā), absolute singular form of ܫܒܬܐ (šabb(ə)ṯā, “Saturday, week”). Compare Arabic الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs) and Hebrew יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי (yôm ħămîšî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħammɛʃb(ə)ʃabbɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħammɛʃb(ə)ʃabbe] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܫܒܫܒܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܡܫܒܫܒܐ)

1. Thursday

   Synonym: ܝܘܡܐ ܕܚܡܫܐ

References

• “ḥmšbšbh”, 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, page 109a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 147b
• 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 468b