ܥܣܩܘܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From ܥܣܩܐ (ʿasqāʾ, difficult), from the root ܥ-ܣ-ܩ (ʿ-s-q) related to difficulty + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʕasquθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕasq(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܥܣܩܘܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܥܣܩܘܬܐ)

  1. difficulty
  2. hardness, vehemence
  3. harshness, severity
  4. heaviness
  5. perversity

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • ˁsqw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 259a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 421a
  • 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. 1121a