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)

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

Inflection

Inflection of **ܡܨܥܝܬܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܨܥܝܐ	1^st person	ܡܨܥܝܬܝ		ܡܨܥܝܬܢ
	construct	ܡܨܥܝܬ	2^nd person	ܡܨܥܝܬܟ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܨܥܝܬܐ	3^rd person	ܡܨܥܝܬܗ	ܡܨܥܝܬܗ	ܡܨܥܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܨܥܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܨܥܝܢ	1^st person	ܡܨܥܝܬܢ		ܡܨܥܝܬܢ
	construct	ܡܨܥܝܬ	2^nd person	ܡܨܥܝܬܟ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܨܥܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܨܥܝܬܐ	3^rd person	ܡܨܥܝܬܗ	ܡܨܥܝܬܗ	ܡܨܥܝܬܗܘܢ	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