ܚܡܘܨܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܡ-ܨ (ḥ-m-ṣ). Doublet of ܚܲܡܘܼܥܬܵܐ (ḥammūʿtā, “sorrel”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħammuːsˤtɑ/

Noun

ܚܲܡܘܼܨܬܵܐ • (ḥammūṣtā) f (plural *ܚܲܡܘܼܨܝ̈ܵܬܵܐ (*ḥammūṣəyāṯā))

  1. rhubarb (Rheum species)

References
  • “ḥmwṣh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 377
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 240b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 170–171 Nr. 126
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