ܚܣܝܪܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܚܣܝܪܐ (ḥassīrā, “lacking”), from the root ܚ ܣ ܪ related to lacking + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħassiruθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħassirwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܚܣܝܪܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܣܝܪܘܬܐ)

1. want, indigence, deficiency, scantiness, scarcity, poverty
2. need, necessity
3. (astronomy) waning of the moon

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܣܝܪܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܣܝܪܘ		1st person	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܝ		ܚܣܝܪܘܬܢ
	construct	ܚܣܝܪܘܬ		2nd person	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܟ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܟܝ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܟܘܢ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܗ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܗ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܗܘܢ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܣܝܪܘܢ		1st person	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܝ		ܚܣܝܪܘܬܢ
	construct	ܚܣܝܪܘܬ		2nd person	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܟ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܟܝ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܟܘܢ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܗ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܗ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܗܘܢ	ܚܣܝܪܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥsyrw”, 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 113a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 151a
• 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 477a