ܚܣܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܚܹܨܢܵܐ/חִצְנַא (ḥeṣnā)
  • חוּסנַא/ܚܘܼܣܢܵܐ (ḥusnā)

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܣ ܢ
1 term

Compare Arabic حِصْن (ḥiṣn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɛsnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɛsne], [ħɛsnawwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܚܣܢܐ • (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܣܢܘܬܐ or ܚܣܢܐ)

  1. fortress, citadel, rampart, outwork
  2. fortification, stronghold

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܣܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܚܣܢ 1st person ܚܣܢܝ ܚܣܢܢ
construct ܚܣܢ 2nd person ܚܣܢܟ ܚܣܢܟܝ ܚܣܢܟܘܢ ܚܣܢܟܝܢ
emphatic 3rd person ܚܣܢܗ ܚܣܢܗ ܚܣܢܗܘܢ ܚܣܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܚܣܢܘܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܢ 1st person ܚܣܢܘܬܝ ,ܚܣܢܝ ܚܣܢܘܬܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܢ
construct ܚܣܢܘܬ ,ܚܣܢܝ 2nd person ܚܣܢܘܬܟ ,ܚܣܢܝܟ ܚܣܢܘܬܟܝ ,ܚܣܢܝܟܝ ܚܣܢܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܟܘܢ ܚܣܢܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܣܢܘܬܐ , 3rd person ܚܣܢܘܬܗ ,ܚܣܢܘܗܝ ܚܣܢܘܬܗ ,ܚܣܢܝܗ ܚܣܢܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܗܘܢ ܚܣܢܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܚܣܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

  • ܚܣܢܘܢܐ
  • ܚܣܢܝܐ

References

  • ḥsn”, 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 112b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 152b
  • 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 479a