ܐܝܬܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܐܝܬ (ʾīṯ) + -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ, abstract noun ending). Compare Hebrew יֵשׁוּת (yēšûṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔiθuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔiθwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܬܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܝܬܘܬܐ)

  1. essence, substance
  2. foundation, element
  3. existence, being, actuality
  4. entity

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܐܝܬܘܬܢܝܐ

References

  • ˀytw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 8b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 15b
  • 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. 39a
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