ܡܫܝܚܐ

• מְשִׁיחָא (m'šīḥāʾ)

From the root מ־שׁ־ח /ܡ-ܫ-ܚ (m-š-ḥ) related to anointing. Cognate to Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ) from Old Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew מְשַׁח (m'šaḥ, “anoint”). Compare Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ).

• IPA^(key): /məʃiħɑʔ/

ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ • (m'šīḥāʾ) m

1. (Christianity) Messiah, Christ
2. (Abrahamic religions) anointed one, messiah

• ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (Yešūʿ M'šīḥāʾ, “Jesus Christ”)

From the root ܡ-ܫ-ܚ (m-š-ḥ) related to anointing. Compare Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ) and Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ).

• (Western) IPA^(key): /məʃiħoʔ/, [m(ə)ʃiħo(ʔ)] (singular)
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /məʃiħɑʔ/, [m(ə)ʃiħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA^(key): /məʃiħeʔ/, [m(ə)ʃiħe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ or ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (m'šīḥoʾ or m'šīḥāʾ) m

1. (Abrahamic religions) anointed one, messiah

ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ or ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ • (M'šīḥoʾ or M'šīḥāʾ) m

1. (Christianity) Messiah, Christ

• ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (Yešūʿ M'šīḥoʾ, “Jesus Christ”)
• ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ (Išōʿ M'šīḥāʾ, “Jesus Christ”)

• “mšyḥ”, 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, pp. 193a, 412b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 305a
• 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. 845a