ܠܫܢܐ

Inherited from Aramaic לִשָּׁנָא (liššānā), from Proto-Semitic *lišān-; compare Arabic لِسَان (lisān), Hebrew לָשׁוֹן (lashón) and Akkadian 𒅴 (lišānum).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [lɪʃˈʃɑːnɑː]
• (Bohtan) IPA^(key): [lɪʃˈʃoːna]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [lɪˈʃaːna]

ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ • (liššānā) m (plural ܠܸܫܵܢܹ̈ܐ (liššānē))

1. (anatomy) tongue

   ܠܸܫܵܢܹܗ ܐܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ― liššānēh arīḵā ― He talks back; He bickers (literally, “His tongue is long.”)

2. (linguistics) language

   ܥܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܢܲܫܝܼܫܘܼܬܵܐ، ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܠܲܝܬܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܩܸܢܛܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܡܲܠܲܦܬܵܐ ܕܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ ܕܥܲܡܹܗ.

   ˁilṯā d-hāḏē našīšūtā, īlāh laytāyūṯā d-qinṭrē d-mallaptā d-liššānā d-ˁammēh.

   The reason for this weakness, is the non-existence of centres for teaching the language of his people.

   • Acts 2:6:

     ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܗ̇ܘ ܩܵܠܵܐ، ܟܢܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܟܠܹܗ ܟܸܢܫܵܐ ܘܫܓ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܛܠ ܟܠ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܢܗܘܿܢ ܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܲܝܗܘܿܢ ܡܡܲܠܘܼܠܹܐ ܒܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ ܕܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ.

     īman d-šmīˁ lhōn l-awa qālā, knīš lēh kullēh kinšā w-šḡīš lēh miṭṭul kul ḥa minhōn šmīˁ lēh illayhōn mmalūlē b-liššānā d-nafšēh.

     Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in the language of his own.

• ܠܸܫܵܢܵܝܵܐ (liššānāyā, “lingual, linguist”)
• ܒܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ (bliššānā, “through peaceful talk”)
• ܡܠܲܫܸܢ (mlaššin, “to pronounce”)

From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [lɛʃˈʃɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [lɪʃˈʃɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [leˈʃo.no]

ܠܫܢܐ • (leššānā) m (plural ܠܫܢܐ (leššānē))

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. (phonetics) pronunciation, articulation
3. (linguistics) language, speech
   • Peshitta, Acts 2:6:

     ܘܟܕ ܗܘܐ ܩܠܐ ܗܘ. ܟܢܫ ܟܠܗ ܥܡܐ ܘܐܫܬܓܫ. ܡܛܠ ܕܫܡܥ ܗܘܐ ܐܢܫ ܐܢܫ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܕܡܡܠܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܠܫ̈ܢܝܗܘܢ.

     wə-ḵaḏ həwā qālā haw, kənaš kollēh ʿammā wə-ʾeštəḡeš, meṭṭol də-šāmaʿ [hə]wā [ʾ]nāš [ʾ]nāš menhōn da-məmalləlīn [hə]waw bə-leššānayhōn.

     Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

4. nation, people
5. judgement
6. (figuratively, geography) narrow stretch of land or water; isthmus, channel
7. tongue-shaped ornament; wedge

• “lšn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-04
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 174b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 245a-b
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