ܝܫܛܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the root ܘ-ܫ-ܛ related to stretching or extending; compare Arabic وَسْط (wasṭ), Hebrew וֵשֶׁט (wḗšeṭ), and Ge'ez ውሳጤ (wəsaṭe).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܝܫܛܐ • (yašṭā) m (plural ܝܫܛܐ)
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܝܫܛ | 1st person | ܝܫܛܝ | ܝܫܛܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܫܛ | 2nd person | ܝܫܛܟ | ܝܫܛܟܝ | ܝܫܛܟܘܢ | ܝܫܛܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܫܛܐ | 3rd person | ܝܫܛܗ | ܝܫܛܗ | ܝܫܛܗܘܢ | ܝܫܛܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܝܫܛܝܢ | 1st person | ܝܫܛܝ | ܝܫܛܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܫܛܝ | 2nd person | ܝܫܛܝܟ | ܝܫܛܝܟܝ | ܝܫܛܝܟܘܢ | ܝܫܛܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܫܛܐ | 3rd person | ܝܫܛܘܗܝ | ܝܫܛܝܗ | ܝܫܛܝܗܘܢ | ܝܫܛܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “yšṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-10
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 146a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 198b
- 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. 586b