ܡܣܐܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܢ ܣ ܐ (n s ˀ)
4 terms
ܡܣܐ̈ܬܐ

Etymology

From the verb ܢܵܣܹܐ (nāsē, to be tried, lift up, take away), from Aramaic מַּסָאתָא (massāˀṯā)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [massɑːθɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ • (massāṯā) f pl (plural only)

  1. balance, scales

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܡܲܣܲܐܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (massaˀṯānāyā)

Proper noun

ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ • (massāṯā) f

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Libra (constellation and zodiac sign)

Coordinate terms

Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text)
ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) ܬܵܘܪܵܐ (tāwrā) ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀōmē) ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā)
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā) ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā) ܥܲܩܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqrḇā)
ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā) ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā) ܕܵܘܠܵܐ (dāwlā) ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Root
ܢ ܣ ܐ
1 term

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [massa(ʔ)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [massɑ(ʔ)θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܣܐܬܐ • (massaʾṯā) f (plural ܡܣܐܬܐ (massāʾṯā))

  1. balance, scale

Inflection

Proper noun

ܡܣܐܬܐ • (massaʾṯā) f

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Libra (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

  • msˀh”, 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 206a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 283b
  • 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, pages 786b–787a
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