ܚܣܚܘܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew חַסְחוּס (ḥasḥûs), סְחוּס (səḥûs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħasˈħu.sɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħasˈħu.se] (plural)

Noun

ܚܣܚܘܣܐ • (ḥasḥūsā) m (plural ܚܣܚܘܣܐ)

1. (anatomy) cartilage, gristle; tendon, sinew

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܣܚܘܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܣܚܘܣ		1st person	ܚܣܚܘܣܝ		ܚܣܚܘܣܢ
	construct	ܚܣܚܘܣ		2nd person	ܚܣܚܘܣܟ	ܚܣܚܘܣܟܝ	ܚܣܚܘܣܟܘܢ	ܚܣܚܘܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܣܚܘܣܐ		3rd person	ܚܣܚܘܣܗ	ܚܣܚܘܣܗ	ܚܣܚܘܣܗܘܢ	ܚܣܚܘܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܣܚܘܣܝܢ		1st person	ܚܣܚܘܣܝ		ܚܣܚܘܣܝܢ
	construct	ܚܣܚܘܣܝ		2nd person	ܚܣܚܘܣܝܟ	ܚܣܚܘܣܝܟܝ	ܚܣܚܘܣܝܟܘܢ	ܚܣܚܘܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܣܚܘܣܐ		3rd person	ܚܣܚܘܣܘܗܝ	ܚܣܚܘܣܝܗ	ܚܣܚܘܣܝܗܘܢ	ܚܣܚܘܣܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (cartilage): ܟܘܣܟܣܐ (kūskāsā), ܟܬܟܘܬܐ (kaṯkūṯā)

References

• “ḥsḥws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-09-01
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 150b
• 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. 475a