ܡܫܝܚܐ

• מְשִׁיחָא (m'šīḥāʾ)

From the root מ־שׁ־ח /ܡ ܫ ܚ related to anointing. Cognate to Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ) from Old Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew מְשַׁח (m'šaḥ, “anoint”). Compare Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ).

• IPA^(key): /məʃiħɑʔ/

ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ • (m'šīḥāʾ) m

1. (Christianity) Messiah, Christ
2. (Abrahamic religions) anointed one, messiah

• ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (Yešūʿ M'šīḥāʾ, “Jesus Christ”)

Passive participle of ܡܵܫܹܚ (māšēḥ, “to anoint”) with the sense of “annointed one, messiah” inherited from Aramaic מְשִׁיחָא (məšīḥāʾ); compare Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ) and Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ). In some dialects influenced phonologically by Classical Syriac, hence /ḥ/.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mʃiːħaː], [mʃiːxaː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [mʃiːxaː]

ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (mšīḥā) (feminine ܡܫܝܼܚܬܵܐ (mšīḥtā), plural ܡܫ̈ܝܼܚܹܐ (mšīḥē))

1. anointed

ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (mšīḥā) m (plural ܡܫ̈ܝܼܚܹܐ (mšīḥē), feminine ܡܫܝܼܚܬܵܐ (mšīḥtā))

1. anointed one, one who has been anointed
2. (Christianity, Judaism) messiah
   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Isaiah 45:1:

     ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܪ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܠܡܫܝܼܚܹܗ ܠܟܘܼܪܸܫ ܕܐ݇ܚܝܼܕ݂ ܠܝܼ ܒܝܲܡܝܼܢܹܗ ܒܸܕ ܡܸܫܬܲܥܒܕ݂ܝܼ ܩܵܕ݇ܡܹܗ ܥܲܡ̈ܡܹܐ ܘܚܲܨܵܐ ܕܡܲܠܟܵܐ ܒܸܕ ܡܫܲܪܹܝܢ ܠܸܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡܹܗ ܬܲܪ̈ܥܹܐ ܘܬܲܪ̈ܥܹܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܟ̰ܵܝܡܝܼ

     hādaḵ kē āmēr māryā l-mšīḥēh l-kūriš d-ḥīḏ lī b-yamīnēh bid mištaˁbḏī qāmēh ˁammē w-ḥaṣṣā dmalkā bid mšarrēn lipṯāḥā qāmēh tarˁē w-tarˁē lā kē čāymī

     Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus whom I have taken by his right hand: Nations will be subdued before him, and the loins of kings; I will begin to open doors before him, doors will not be closed.

ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (mšīḥā) m

1. (Christianity) Messiah, Christ

• ܡܫܝܼܚܵܝܵܐ (mšīḥāyā)

From the root ܡ ܫ ܚ related to anointing. Compare Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ) and Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ).

• (Western) IPA^(key): /məʃiħoʔ/, [m(ə)ʃiħo] (singular)
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /məʃiħɑʔ/, [m(ə)ʃiħɑ] (singular)
  • IPA^(key): /məʃiħeʔ/, [m(ə)ʃiħe] (plural)

ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ or ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (m'šīḥoʾ or m'šīḥā) m

1. (Abrahamic religions) anointed one, messiah

ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ or ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (M'šīḥoʾ or M'šīḥā) m

1. (Christianity) Messiah, Christ

• ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (Yešūʿ M'šīḥoʾ, “Jesus Christ”)
• ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ (Išōʿ M'šīḥā, “Jesus Christ”)

• “mšyḥ”, 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, pages 193a, 412b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 305a
• 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 845a