ܠܣܛܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek λῃστής (lēistḗs). Compare Arabic لِصّ (liṣṣ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܠܣܛܐ • (lesṭā) m (plural ܠܣܛܐ (lesṭē))
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܣܛ | 1st person | ܠܣܛܝ | ܠܣܛܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܣܛ | 2nd person | ܠܣܛܟ | ܠܣܛܟܝ | ܠܣܛܟܘܢ | ܠܣܛܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܣܛܐ | 3rd person | ܠܣܛܗ | ܠܣܛܗ | ܠܣܛܗܘܢ | ܠܣܛܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܠܣܛܝܢ | 1st person | ܠܣܛܝ | ܠܣܛܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܣܛܝ | 2nd person | ܠܣܛܝܟ | ܠܣܛܝܟܝ | ܠܣܛܝܟܘܢ | ܠܣܛܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܣܛܐ | 3rd person | ܠܣܛܘܗܝ | ܠܣܛܝܗ | ܠܣܛܝܗܘܢ | ܠܣܛܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “lsṭ”, 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 173b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 243b
- 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, pages 692b-693a