ܚܣܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܚܹܨܢܵܐ/חִצְנַא (ḥeṣnā)
• חוּסנַא/ܚܘܼܣܢܵܐ (ḥusnā)

Etymology

Root
ܚ-ܣ-ܢ
1 term

Compare Arabic حِصْن (ḥiṣn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛsnɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛsne(ʔ)], [ħɛsnawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܚܣܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܣܢܘܬܐ or ܚܣܢܐ)

1. fortress, citadel, rampart, outwork
2. fortification, stronghold

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܣܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܣܢ		1st person	ܚܣܢܝ		ܚܣܢܢ
	construct	ܚܣܢ		2nd person	ܚܣܢܟ	ܚܣܢܟܝ	ܚܣܢܟܘܢ	ܚܣܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܣܢܐ		3rd person	ܚܣܢܗ	ܚܣܢܗ	ܚܣܢܗܘܢ	ܚܣܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܣܢܘܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܢ		1st person	ܚܣܢܘܬܝ ,ܚܣܢܝ		ܚܣܢܘܬܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܢ
	construct	ܚܣܢܘܬ ,ܚܣܢܝ		2nd person	ܚܣܢܘܬܟ ,ܚܣܢܝܟ	ܚܣܢܘܬܟܝ ,ܚܣܢܝܟܝ	ܚܣܢܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܟܘܢ	ܚܣܢܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܣܢܘܬܐ ,ܚܣܢܐ		3rd person	ܚܣܢܘܬܗ ,ܚܣܢܘܗܝ	ܚܣܢܘܬܗ ,ܚܣܢܝܗ	ܚܣܢܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܗܘܢ	ܚܣܢܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܚܣܢܘܢܐ
• ܚܣܢܝܐ

References

• “ḥsn”, 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, p. 112b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 152b
• 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. 479a