ܨܐܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܨܬܐ
• (rare) ܨܐܐܬܐ

Etymology

From the root ܨ-ܐ-ܝ related to being filthy. Compare Hebrew צֹאָה (ṣōʾâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤɑ(ʔ)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˤɑ(ʔ)θe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܨܐܬܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܨܐܬܐ)

1. dirt, filth, foulness
2. impurity, stain

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܐܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܨܐܬ		1st person	ܨܐܬܝ		ܨܐܬܢ
	construct	ܨܐܬ		2nd person	ܨܐܬܟ	ܨܐܬܟܝ	ܨܐܬܟܘܢ	ܨܐܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܐܬܐ		3rd person	ܨܐܬܗ	ܨܐܬܗ	ܨܐܬܗܘܢ	ܨܐܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܨܐܬܝܢ		1st person	ܨܐܬܝ		ܨܐܬܝܢ
	construct	ܨܐܬܝ		2nd person	ܨܐܬܝܟ	ܨܐܬܝܟܝ	ܨܐܬܝܟܘܢ	ܨܐܬܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܐܬܐ		3rd person	ܨܐܬܘܗܝ	ܨܐܬܝܗ	ܨܐܬܝܗܘܢ	ܨܐܬܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ṣˀh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 297a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 472a
• 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. 1270b