ܚܨܪܐ

See also: ܚܨܕܐ‎

Classical Syriac
FWOTD – 1 August 2014

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܨ-ܪ‎ (ḥ-ṣ-r) related to narrowing. Compare Arabic خِنْصَر‎ (ḫinṣar).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ħɛsˁrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɛsˁre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܨܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܨܪܐ)

  1. (anatomy) little finger, pinky; little toe
  2. (figuratively) small part
  3. scribe's pen, reed

Inflection
    declension of ܚܨܪܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܚܨܪ ܚܨܪܝܢ
construct ܚܨܪ ܚܨܪܝ
emphatic ܚܨܪܐ ܚܨܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܚܨܪܝ ܚܨܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܚܨܪܟ ܚܨܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܚܨܪܟܝ ܚܨܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܚܨܪܗ ܚܨܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܚܨܪܗ ܚܨܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܚܨܪܢ ܚܨܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܚܨܪܟܘܢ ܚܨܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܚܨܪܟܝܢ ܚܨܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܚܨܪܗܘܢ ܚܨܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܚܨܪܗܝܢ ܚܨܪܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “ḥṣr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 114b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 155a
  • 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. 485a
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