ܚܨܪܐ
See also: ܚܨܕܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the root ܚ-ܨ-ܪ (ḥ-ṣ-r) related to narrowing. Compare Arabic خِنْصَر (ḵinṣar).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܚܨܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܨܪܐ)
- (anatomy) little finger, pinky; little toe
- (figuratively) small part
- scribe's pen, reed
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܨܪ | 1st person | ܚܨܪܝ | ܚܨܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܨܪ | 2nd person | ܚܨܪܟ | ܚܨܪܟܝ | ܚܨܪܟܘܢ | ܚܨܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܨܪܐ | 3rd person | ܚܨܪܗ | ܚܨܪܗ | ܚܨܪܗܘܢ | ܚܨܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܚܨܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܚܨܪܝ | ܚܨܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܨܪܝ | 2nd person | ܚܨܪܝܟ | ܚܨܪܝܟܝ | ܚܨܪܝܟܘܢ | ܚܨܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܨܪܐ | 3rd person | ܚܨܪܘܗܝ | ܚܨܪܝܗ | ܚܨܪܝܗܘܢ | ܚܨܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “ḥṣr”, 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 114b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 155a
- 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 485a