ܚܡܫܒܫܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܡ ܫ (ḥ m š)
7 terms

From ܚܲܡܫܵܐ (ḥamšā, five, fifth) +‎ ܒ- (b-, in) +‎ ܫܲܒܵܐ (šabbā, week); compare Arabic الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs) and Hebrew יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי (yom khamishí).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [xamˈʃɑːwʃabbɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [xæm.ʃoːʃi.ba]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [xamˈʃoːʃaːba], [xamˈʃoːʃeːba]

Noun

ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ or ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܹܒܵܐ • (ḥamšāḇšabbā or ḥamšāḇšēbām (plural ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܹ̈ܐ (ḥamšāḇšabbē))

  1. Thursday

Coordinate terms

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܚܡܫ ܒܫܒܐ, ܚܡܫܐ ܒܫܒܐ

Etymology

From ܚܡܫܐ (ħamšā, five, fifth) + ܒ- (b(ə)-, in) + ܫܒܐ (šabbā), absolute singular form of ܫܒܬܐ (šabb(ə)ṯā, Saturday, week). Compare Arabic الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs) and Hebrew יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי (yôm ħămîšî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħammɛʃb(ə)ʃabbɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħammɛʃb(ə)ʃabbe] (plural)

Noun

ܚܡܫܒܫܒܐ • (transliteration neededf (plural ܚܡܫܒܫܒܐ)

  1. Thursday
    Synonym: ܝܘܡܐ ܕܚܡܫܐ

References

  • ḥmšbšbh”, 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, page 109a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 147b
  • 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 468b