ܫܛܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܫ ܛ ܚ (š ṭ ḥ)
2 terms

From the verb ܫܵܛܹܚ (šāṭēḥ, to spread out); compare Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ) and Hebrew שֶׁטַח (shétakh).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃɪtˤ.xaː], [ʃɪtˤ.ħaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃɪtˤ.ħa]

Noun

ܫܸܛܚܵܐ • (šiṭḥā) m sg (plural ܫܸܛܚܹ̈ܐ (šiṭḥē))

  1. surface, plane
    ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܸܒܸܢ ܦܵܠܚܹܢ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܥܲܠ ܫܸܛܚܵܐ ܩܲܝܣܵܝܵܐ.kē maḥḥibin pālḥēn yatīr ˁal šiṭḥā qaysāyā.I like working on a wooden surface more.
    ܩܲܢܝܼܛܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܕܢܵܚܹܬ݂ ܥܲܠ ܫܸܛܚܵܐ ܩܸܘܝܵܐ.qanīṭā ìlēh d-nāḥēṯ ˁal šiṭḥā qiwyā.It’s dangerous to land on a hard surface.
  2. area, expanse, territory, plot, lot
    ܟܹܐ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܚܸܫܟܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܫܸܛܚܵܐ ܒܠܲܝܠܹܐ.kē hāwē ḥiškā gāw d-awa šiṭḥā b-laylē.It get’s dark in that area at night.
  3. (mathematics) area, measurement of extent
    ܫܸܛܚܹܗ ܟܹܐ ܦܵܐܹܫ ܟܝܼܠܵܐ ܒܝܲܕ݂ ܝܘܼܪܟ݂ܹܗ ܘܦܸܬ݂ܘܹܗ.šiṭḥēh kē pāˀēš kīlā byaḏ yurḵēh w-piṯwēh.It’s area is measured by length and width.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܫܸܛܚܵܝܵܐ (šiṭḥāyā)
  • ܫܸܛܚܵܐ ܕܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ (šiṭḥā dnīnwē, Nineveh Plains)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܛ-ܚ (š-ṭ-ḥ) related to spreading out. Compare Arabic سَطْح (saṭḥ) and Hebrew שֶׁטַח (šéṭaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɛtˤħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɛtˤħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܛܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܛܚܐ)

  1. surface, area, expanse, open space
  2. esplanade
  3. lot, property, courtyard (around a building)
  4. village
  5. pool, reach
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܛ-ܚ (š-ṭ-ḥ) related to spreading out.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)tˤɑħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)tˤɑħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܛܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܛܚܐ)

  1. surface
Inflection

References

  • šṭḥ”, 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. 366b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 573b
  • 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. 1548a
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