ܚܫܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܟ (ḥ-š-k) related to darkness. Compare Hebrew חֹשֶׁךְ (ḥṓšeḵ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɛʃkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɛʃke(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܫܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܫܟܐ)

  1. darkness, obscurity
  2. (figuratively) dimness or dullness of mind
  3. (astronomy) eclipse

Inflection

References

  • ḥšk”, 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, p. 119b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 162b
  • 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, p. 501b
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