ܪܚܫܐ

See also: ܕܚܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܚ ܫ (r ḥ š)
2 terms

Compare Arabic حَشَرَة (ḥašara), Hebrew רַחַשׁ (ráḥaš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [raħʃaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [rɪxʃa]

Noun

ܪܲܚܫܵܐ • (raḥšā) m (plural ܪ̈ܲܚܫܹܐ (raḥšē))

1. any creeping thing: insect, bug, vermin, reptile, etc.; a creeper

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 21 December 2014

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ ܚ ܫ related to creeping; compare Arabic حَشَرَة (ḥašara), Hebrew רַחַשׁ (ráḥaš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈraħ.ʃɑ] (singular and plural)
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrax.ʃɑ] (singular and plural)
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɑħ.ʃo] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܪܚܫܐ • (raḥšā) m (plural ܪܚܫܐ (raḥšā))

1. (collectively) any creeping thing: insects (especially ants), vermin, reptiles, etc.; a creeper
2. (pathology, in the plural) hoarseness, sore throat
3. (medicine) gangrene
4. (botany) hard plant skin
5. (footwear) sandal

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܚܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܚܫ		1st person	ܪܚܫܝ		ܪܚܫܢ
	construct	ܪܚܫ		2nd person	ܪܚܫܟ	ܪܚܫܟܝ	ܪܚܫܟܘܢ	ܪܚܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܚܫܐ		3rd person	ܪܚܫܗ	ܪܚܫܗ	ܪܚܫܗܘܢ	ܪܚܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܚܫܝܢ		1st person	ܪܚܫܝ		ܪܚܫܝܢ
	construct	ܪܚܫܝ		2nd person	ܪܚܫܝܟ	ܪܚܫܝܟܝ	ܪܚܫܝܟܘܢ	ܪܚܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܚܫܐ		3rd person	ܪܚܫܘܗܝ	ܪܚܫܝܗ	ܪܚܫܝܗܘܢ	ܪܚܫܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ ܚ ܫ related to creeping.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [r(ə.)ˈħɑ.ʃɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrxɑ.ʃɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrħo.ʃo]

Noun

ܪܚܫܐ • (rəḥāšā) m (plural ܪܚܫܐ (rəḥāšē))

1. decay
2. (oncology) malignant tumor/tumour

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܚܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܚܫ		1st person	ܪܚܫܝ		ܪܚܫܢ
	construct	ܪܚܫ		2nd person	ܪܚܫܟ	ܪܚܫܟܝ	ܪܚܫܟܘܢ	ܪܚܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܚܫܐ		3rd person	ܪܚܫܗ	ܪܚܫܗ	ܪܚܫܗܘܢ	ܪܚܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܚܫܝܢ		1st person	ܪܚܫܝ		ܪܚܫܝܢ
	construct	ܪܚܫܝ		2nd person	ܪܚܫܝܟ	ܪܚܫܝܟܝ	ܪܚܫܝܟܘܢ	ܪܚܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܚܫܐ		3rd person	ܪܚܫܘܗܝ	ܪܚܫܝܗ	ܪܚܫܝܗܘܢ	ܪܚܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rḥš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-29
• “rḥš²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-29
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 344b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 538b
• 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, page 1459a