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]

Noun

ܚܣܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܣܐ)

1. lettuce

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܣܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܣܐ		1st person	ܚܣܬܝ		ܚܣܬܢ
	construct	ܚܣܬ		2nd person	ܚܣܬܟ	ܚܣܬܟܝ	ܚܣܬܟܝܢ	ܚܣܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܣܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܣܬܗ	ܚܣܬܗ	ܚܣܬܗܘܢ	ܚܣܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܣܝܢ		1st person	ܚܣܝ		ܚܣܝܢ
	construct	ܚܣܝ		2nd person	ܚܣܝܟ	ܚܣܝܟܝ	ܚܣܝܟܘܢ	ܚܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܣܐ		3rd person	ܚܣܘܗܝ	ܚܣܝܗ	ܚܣܝܗܘܢ	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, page 111a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 480b