ܡܨܥܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Nominalized from the feminine form of ܡܨܥܝܐ (meṣʿāyāʾ, “middle, central”), from the root ܡ-ܨ-ܥ (m-ṣ-ʿ) related to being in the middle. Compare Hebrew אֶמְצָעִית (ʾemṣāʿîṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛsˤʕɑjtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mɛsˤʕɑjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܨܥܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܨܥܝܬܐ)

1. midnight
2. (anatomy) middle finger
3. (music, poetry, prosody) alexandrine, twelve-syllable meter/metre

Inflection

    declension of ܡܨܥܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܨܥܝܐ	ܡܨܥܝܢ
construct	ܡܨܥܝܬ	ܡܨܥܝܬ
emphatic	ܡܨܥܝܬܐ	ܡܨܥܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܨܥܝܬܝ	ܡܨܥܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܨܥܝܬܟ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܨܥܝܬܗ	ܡܨܥܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܨܥܝܬܗ	ܡܨܥܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܨܥܝܬܢ	ܡܨܥܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝܢ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܨܥܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܨܥܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܨܥܝܬܗܝܢ	ܡܨܥܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mṣˁyh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 295a
• 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. 818a