ܠܫܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lɛʃʃɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [lɛʃʃɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܫܢܐ • (lišānā’) m (plural ܠܫܢܐ)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. (phonetics) pronunciation, articulation
  3. (linguistics) language, speech
  4. nation, people
  5. judgement
  6. (figuratively, geography) narrow stretch of land or water; isthmus, channel
  7. tongue-shaped ornament; wedge

Inflection
    declension of ܠܫܢܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܠܫܢ ܠܫܢܝܢ
construct ܠܫܢ ܠܫܢܝ
emphatic ܠܫܢܐ ܠܫܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܠܫܢܝ ܠܫܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܠܫܢܟ ܠܫܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܠܫܢܟܝ ܠܫܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܠܫܢܗ ܠܫܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܠܫܢܗ ܠܫܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܠܫܢܢ ܠܫܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܠܫܢܟܘܢ ܠܫܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܠܫܢܟܝܢ ܠܫܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܠܫܢܗܘܢ ܠܫܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܠܫܢܗܝܢ ܠܫܢܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “lšn”, 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. 174b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 245a-b
  • 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. 698a-b
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