ܥܣܩܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܥܣܩܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܥܣܩܘܬܐ)

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

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܣܩܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܣܩܘ		1st person	ܥܣܩܘܬܝ		ܥܣܩܘܬܢ
	construct	ܥܣܩܘܬ		2nd person	ܥܣܩܘܬܟ	ܥܣܩܘܬܟܝ	ܥܣܩܘܬܟܘܢ	ܥܣܩܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܣܩܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܥܣܩܘܬܗ	ܥܣܩܘܬܗ	ܥܣܩܘܬܗܘܢ	ܥܣܩܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܣܩܘܢ		1st person	ܥܣܩܘܬܝ		ܥܣܩܘܬܢ
	construct	ܥܣܩܘܬ		2nd person	ܥܣܩܘܬܟ	ܥܣܩܘܬܟܝ	ܥܣܩܘܬܟܘܢ	ܥܣܩܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܣܩܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܥܣܩܘܬܗ	ܥܣܩܘܬܗ	ܥܣܩܘܬܗܘܢ	ܥܣܩܘܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܥܣܩܘܬ ܐܘܪܚܬܐ
• ܥܣܩܘܬ ܝܨܪܐ
• ܥܣܩܘܬ ܢܫܡܬܐ
• ܥܣܩܘܬ ܫܡܥܐ

References

• “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