ܨܚܘܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܨ ܚ ܚ (ṣ ḥ ḥ) |
| 4 terms |
Cognate to Classical Syriac ܨܲܚܘܵܐ (ṣaḥwā), Arabic صَحْو (ṣaḥw), and Hebrew צַח (ṣaḥ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [sˤɪx.wɑː]
Noun
ܨܸܚܘܵܐ • (ṣiḥwā) m (uncountable)
- fair weather, good weather, clear sky
- ܨܸܚܘܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܕܘܼܢܝܹܐ ― ṣiḥwā ìlāh dunyē ― The weather is fair
- c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 16:2:
- ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܡܪܝܼܬܘܿܢ، «ܨܸܚܘܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܕܘܼܢܝܹܐ ܡܸܛܠ ܣܡܝܼܩ ܠܗܹܝܢ ܫ̈ܡܲܝܵܐ».
- īman d-īlēh ramšā kē āmrītōn, “ṣiḥwā ìlāh dunyē miṭṭul smīq lhēn šmayyā”.
- When it is evening you say, “It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.”
- (figuratively) serenity, peace
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܨܚܲܘ (ṣḥaw) | 1st person | ܨܸܚܘܝܼ (ṣiḥwī) | ܨܸܚܘܲܢ (ṣiḥwan) | |||
| construct | ܨܚܲܘ (ṣḥaw) | 2nd person | ܨܸܚܘܘܼܟ݂ (ṣiḥwōḵ) | ܨܸܚܘܵܟ݂ܝ (ṣiḥwāḵ) | ܨܸܚܘܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṣiḥwawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܨܸܚܘܵܐ (ṣiḥwā) | 3rd person | ܨܸܚܘܹܗ (ṣiḥwēh) | ܨܸܚܘܵܗ̇ (ṣiḥwāh) | ܨܸܚܘܗܘܿܢ (ṣiḥwhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܨܸܚܘܵܢܵܐ (ṣiḥwānā)
- ܡܨܲܚܘܸܢ (mṣaḥwin)
- ܡܨܲܚܹܐ (mṣaḥḥē)
See also
- ܒܲܣܝܼܡܵܐ (basīmā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܨ ܚ ܚ |
| 3 terms |
Compare Arabic صَحْو (ṣaḥw) and Hebrew צַח (ṣaḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sˤaħwɑ]
Noun
ܨܚܘܐ • (ṣaḥwā) m(uncountable)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܨܚܘ | 1st person | ܨܚܘܝ | ܨܚܘܢ | |||
| construct | ܨܚܘ | 2nd person | ܨܚܘܟ | ܨܚܘܟܝ | ܨܚܘܟܘܢ | ܨܚܘܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܨܚܘܐ | 3rd person | ܨܚܘܗ | ܨܚܘܗ | ܨܚܘܗܘܢ | ܨܚܘܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ṣḥwˀ”, 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 301a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 477a
- 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 1282b