ܨܚܘܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܨ-ܚ-ܚ (ṣ-ḥ-ḥ) related to glowing. Compare Arabic صَحْو (ṣaḥw) and Hebrew צַח (ṣaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sˁaħwɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܨܚܘܐ (ṣaḥwā) m (uncountable)

  1. good weather, clear sky
  2. (figuratively) serenity, peace

Inflection

References

  • ṣḥwˀ”, 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, page 301a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 477a
  • 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, page 1282b
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