ܚܫܚܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܚ (ḥ-š-ḥ) related to being suitable or useful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)ʃaħtɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħaʃħɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܚܫܚܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܫܚܬܐ)

1. use, usefulness, utility, employment
2. need, necessity
3. want
4. supply, provision, subsistence
5. signification
6. (grammar) use, dialect, phrase, word

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܫܚܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܫܚܐ		1st person	ܚܫܚܬܝ		ܚܫܚܬܢ
	construct	ܚܫܚܬ		2nd person	ܚܫܚܬܟ	ܚܫܚܬܟܝ	ܚܫܚܬܟܘܢ	ܚܫܚܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܫܚܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܫܚܬܗ	ܚܫܚܬܗ	ܚܫܚܬܗܘܢ	ܚܫܚܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܫܚܢ		1st person	ܚܫܚܬܢ		ܚܫܚܬܢ
	construct	ܚܫܚܬ		2nd person	ܚܫܚܬܟ	ܚܫܚܬܟܝ	ܚܫܚܬܟܘܢ	ܚܫܚܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܫܚܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܫܚܬܗ	ܚܫܚܬܗ	ܚܫܚܬܗܘܢ	ܚܫܚܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥšḥh”, 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. 119a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 162a
• 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. 500b