ܚܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܚ-ܫ (ḥ-š) related to suffering. Compare Arabic حَسّ (ḥass) and Hebrew חוּשׁ (ḥûš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħaʃʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħaʃʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܫܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܫܐ)

  1. feeling, sensation, sense
  2. pain, suffering
  3. disease, sickness
  4. sadness, sorrow, mourning
  5. remorse, contrition
  6. disturbance, impulse
  7. (Christianity) Passion
  8. passion, lust, desire, affection
  9. ambition, zeal
  10. sin, vice
  11. (grammar) passive voice
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Akkadian 𒄩𒋗𒌑 (/ḫašû/).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħaʃʃɑ(ʔ)], [ħɑʃɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܫܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. thyme
Inflection
Descendants
  • Arabic: حَاشَا (ḥāšā)

References

  • ḥš”, 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. 118a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 160b
  • 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. 497a-b
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