ܕܚܫܐ

See also: ܪܚܫܐ‎

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Parthian *daxš. Compare Old Armenian դահիճ (dahič), also from Iranian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [daħʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [daħʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܚܫܐ • (daḥšā) m (plural ܕܚܫܐ)

  1. attendant
  2. guard, officer
  3. lictor, yeoman

Inflection
    declension of ܕܚܫܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܕܚܫ ܕܚܫܝܢ
construct ܕܚܫ ܕܚܫܝ
emphatic ܕܚܫܐ ܕܚܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܕܚܫܝ ܕܚܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܕܚܫܟ ܕܚܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܕܚܫܟܝ ܕܚܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܕܚܫܗ ܕܚܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܕܚܫܗ ܕܚܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܕܚܫܢ ܕܚܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܕܚܫܟܘܢ ܕܚܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܕܚܫܟܝܢ ܕܚܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܕܚܫܗܘܢ ܕܚܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܕܚܫܗܝܢ ܕܚܫܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “dḥš”, 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. 62b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 89a
  • 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. 292a
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