ܠܝܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܠ-ܘ-ܫ (l-w-š) related to kneading. Compare Hebrew לַיִשׁ (láyiš). See also Armenian լավաշ (lavaš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lajʃɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܠܝܫܐ • (layšā) m(uncountable)

1. dough, paste

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܝܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܠܝܫ		1st person	ܠܝܫܝ		ܠܝܫܢ
	construct	ܠܝܫ		2nd person	ܠܝܫܟ	ܠܝܫܟܝ	ܠܝܫܟܘܢ	ܠܝܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܝܫܐ		3rd person	ܠܝܫܗ	ܠܝܫܗ	ܠܝܫܗܘܢ	ܠܝܫܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܠ-ܘ-ܫ (l-w-š) related to kneading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l(ə)jɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [l(ə)jɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܝܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܝܫܐ)

1. kneading
2. kneading trough

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܝܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܠܝܫ		1st person	ܠܝܫܝ		ܠܝܫܢ
	construct	ܠܝܫ		2nd person	ܠܝܫܟ	ܠܝܫܟܝ	ܠܝܫܟܘܢ	ܠܝܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܝܫܐ		3rd person	ܠܝܫܗ	ܠܝܫܗ	ܠܝܫܗܘܢ	ܠܝܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܠܝܫܝܢ		1st person	ܠܝܫܝ		ܠܝܫܝܢ
	construct	ܠܝܫܝ		2nd person	ܠܝܫܝܟ	ܠܝܫܝܟܝ	ܠܝܫܝܟܘܢ	ܠܝܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܝܫܐ		3rd person	ܠܝܫܘܗܝ	ܠܝܫܝܗ	ܠܝܫܝܗܘܢ	ܠܝܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “lyš”, 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. 170b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 241b
• 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. 689b