ܡܚܫܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (ḥ-š-b) related to thinking; compare Arabic مُحَاسَبَة (muḥāsaba), Hebrew מַחְשָׁבָה (maḥšāḇâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maħʃavtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maħʃ(ə)vɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܚܫܒܬܐ • (maḥšaḇtāʾ) f (plural ܡܚܫܒܬܐ)

1. thought, idea
2. care, consideration
3. reasoning, intention, purpose

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܚܫܒܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܚܒܫܐ		1st person	ܡܚܒܫܬܝ		ܡܚܒܫܬܢ
	construct	ܡܚܒܫܬ		2nd person	ܡܚܒܫܬܟ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܘܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܚܒܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܘܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܚܒܫܢ		1st person	ܡܚܒܫܬܢ		ܡܚܒܫܬܢ
	construct	ܡܚܒܫܬ		2nd person	ܡܚܒܫܬܟ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܘܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܚܒܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܘܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mḥšbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 118b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 265b
• 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. 743b