ܬܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܬ-ܘ-ܫ (t-w-š) related to wandering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tawʃɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [tawʃe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܬܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܘܫܐ)

1. wasteland, desert, wilderness
2. wandering
3. error

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܘܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܘܫ		1st person	ܬܘܫܝ		ܬܘܫܢ
	construct	ܬܘܫ		2nd person	ܬܘܫܟ	ܬܘܫܟܝ	ܬܘܫܟܘܢ	ܬܘܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܘܫܐ		3rd person	ܬܘܫܗ	ܬܘܫܗ	ܬܘܫܗܘܢ	ܬܘܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܘܫܝܢ		1st person	ܬܘܫܝ		ܬܘܫܝܢ
	construct	ܬܘܫܝ		2nd person	ܬܘܫܝܟ	ܬܘܫܝܟܝ	ܬܘܫܝܟܘܢ	ܬܘܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܘܫܐ		3rd person	ܬܘܫܘܗܝ	ܬܘܫܝܗ	ܬܘܫܝܗܘܢ	ܬܘܫܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (desert): ܡܕܒܪܐ

References

• “twš”, 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. 389b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 609a
• 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. 1635a