ܚܣܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic חַסָּא (/⁠khassā⁠/), from Akkadian 𒌑𒄭𒄑𒊬 (ḫassū, “lettuce”), from Sumerian 𒄭𒄑𒊬 (ḫi-iz^sar /⁠hiz⁠/, “lettuce”); cognates with Arabic خَسّ (ḵass), Hebrew חַסָּה (ħassâ), and Maltese ħassa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħass(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܣܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܣܐ)

1. lettuce

Inflection

    declension of ܚܣܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܣܐ	ܚܣܝܢ
construct	ܚܣܬ	ܚܣܝ
emphatic	ܚܣܬܐ	ܚܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܣܬܝ	ܚܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܣܬܟ	ܚܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܣܬܟܝ	ܚܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܣܬܗ	ܚܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܣܬܗ	ܚܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܣܬܢ	ܚܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܣܬܟܘܢ	ܚܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܣܬܟܝܢ	ܚܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܣܬܗܘܢ	ܚܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܣܬܗܝܢ	ܚܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥsh”, 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. 111a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 150a
• 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. 480b