ܗܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic هُوَّة (huwwa), Hebrew הַוָּה (hawwâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [haw(wə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [hawwe], [hawwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܗܘܬܐ • (hawwəṯāf (plural ܗܘܬܐ or ܗܘܐ)

  1. pit, abyss, deep, cavern
  2. wind
  3. destruction

Inflection

Inflection of ܗܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܗܘܐ 1st person ܗܘܬܝ ܗܘܬܢ
construct ܗܘܬ 2nd person ܗܘܬܟ ܗܘܬܟܝ ܗܘܬܟܘܢ ܗܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic 3rd person ܗܘܬܗ ܗܘܬܗ ܗܘܬܗܘܢ ܗܘܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܗܘܢ ,ܗܘܝܢ 1st person ܗܘܬܝ ,ܗܘܝ ܗܘܬܢ ,ܗܘܝܢ
construct ܗܘܬ ,ܗܘܝ 2nd person ܗܘܬܟ ,ܗܘܝܟ ܗܘܬܟܝ ,ܗܘܝܟܝ ܗܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܗܘܝܟܘܢ ܗܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܗܘܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ,ܗܘܐ 3rd person ܗܘܬܗ ,ܗܘܘܗܝ ܗܘܬܗ ,ܗܘܝܗ ܗܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܗܘܝܗܘܢ ܗܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܗܘܝܗܝܢ

References

  • hwtˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2 October 2013
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 74b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 103a
  • 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, →ISBN, page 339a