ܣܘܣܝܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Compare Hebrew סוּס (sūs), Aramaic סוּסְיָא (sūsəyā), Phoenician 𐤎𐤎 (ss /sys/), Akkadian 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (sīsûm) and Ugaritic 𐎒𐎒𐎆 (ssw).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [susjɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [susje], [susawwɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܣܘܣܝܐ • (sūsyā) m (plural ܣܘܣܘܬܐ or ܣܘܣܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܣܘܣܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܘܣܝ | 1st person | ܣܘܣܝܝ | ܣܘܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܘܣܝ | 2nd person | ܣܘܣܝܟ | ܣܘܣܝܟܝ | ܣܘܣܝܟܘܢ | ܣܘܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܣܘܣܝܗ | ܣܘܣܝܗ | ܣܘܣܝܗܘܢ | ܣܘܣܝܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܘܣܘܢ ,ܣܘܣܝܝܢ | 1st person | ܣܘܣܘܬܝ ,ܣܘܣܝܝ | ܣܘܣܘܬܢ ,ܣܘܣܝܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܘܣܘܬ ,ܣܘܣܝܝ | 2nd person | ܣܘܣܘܬܟ ,ܣܘܣܝܝܟ | ܣܘܣܘܬܟܝ ,ܣܘܣܝܝܟܝ | ܣܘܣܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܣܘܣܝܝܟܘܢ | ܣܘܣܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܣܘܣܝܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܘܣܘܬܐ , | 3rd person | ܣܘܣܘܬܗ ,ܣܘܣܝܘܗܝ | ܣܘܣܘܬܗ ,ܣܘܣܝܝܗ | ܣܘܣܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܣܘܣܝܝܗܘܢ | ܣܘܣܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܣܘܣܝܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܘܣܝܐ
- ܣܘܣܝ ܒܪܢܫ (“centaur”)
- ܣܘܣܝ ܡܥܪܦܐ
- ܣܘܣܝ ܡܪܓܐ (“hippocampus”)
- ܣܘܣܝܐ ܕܢܗܪܐ (“hippopotamus”)
- ܣܘܣܝܐ ܕܦܪܘܛܐܡܘܣ (“Equuleus”)
- ܣܘܣܝܐ ܪܒܐ (Pegasus)
Etymology 2
From the root ܐ ܣ ܐ related to healing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sussɑjɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [sussɑje] (plural)
Noun
ܣܘܣܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܘܣܝܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܘܣܝ | 1st person | ܣܘܣܝܝ | ܣܘܣܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܘܣܝ | 2nd person | ܣܘܣܝܟ | ܣܘܣܝܟܝ | ܣܘܣܝܟܘܢ | ܣܘܣܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܘܣܝܐ | 3rd person | ܣܘܣܝܗ | ܣܘܣܝܗ | ܣܘܣܝܗܘܢ | ܣܘܣܝܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܘܣܝܝܢ | 1st person | ܣܘܣܝܝ | ܣܘܣܝܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܘܣܝܝ | 2nd person | ܣܘܣܝܝܟ | ܣܘܣܝܝܟܝ | ܣܘܣܝܝܟܘܢ | ܣܘܣܝܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܘܣܝܐ | 3rd person | ܣܘܣܝܘܗܝ | ܣܘܣܝܝܗ | ܣܘܣܝܝܗܘܢ | ܣܘܣܝܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “swsy”, 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 225a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 368b
- 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, pages 986a–b