ܡܚܫܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ ܫ ܒ related to thinking; compare Arabic مُحَاسَبَة (muḥāsaba), Hebrew מַחְשָׁבָה (maḥšāḇâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maħʃavtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maħʃ(ə)vɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܚܫܒܬܐ • (maḥšaḇtāf (plural ܡܚܫܒܬܐ)

  1. thought, idea
  2. care, consideration
  3. reasoning, intention, purpose

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܚܫܒܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܚܒܫܐ 1st person ܡܚܒܫܬܝ ܡܚܒܫܬܢ
construct ܡܚܒܫܬ 2nd person ܡܚܒܫܬܟ ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝ ܡܚܒܫܬܟܘܢ ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܚܒܫܬܐ 3rd person ܡܚܒܫܬܗ ܡܚܒܫܬܗ ܡܚܒܫܬܗܘܢ ܡܚܒܫܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܚܒܫܢ 1st person ܡܚܒܫܬܢ ܡܚܒܫܬܢ
construct ܡܚܒܫܬ 2nd person ܡܚܒܫܬܟ ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝ ܡܚܒܫܬܟܘܢ ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܚܒܫܬܐ 3rd person ܡܚܒܫܬܗ ܡܚܒܫܬܗ ܡܚܒܫܬܗܘܢ ܡܚܒܫܬܗܝܢ

References

  • mḥšbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 7 November 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 118b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 265b
  • 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 743b