ܡܫܬܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܫ ܬ ܐ (š t ˀ)
6 terms
ܡܫܬܘܬܐ ܕܥܐܕ ܡܘܠܕܐ ܕܫܒܪ̈ܐChildren’s birthday party

Compare Classical Syriac ܡܫܬܘܬܐ (meštūṯā, banquet; wedding feast) and Hebrew מִשְׁתֶּה (mishté).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mɪʃ.tuːθɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [mɪʃ.tuːtɑː]

Noun

ܡܸܫܬܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (mištūṯā) f sg (plural ܡܸܫܬܘܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (mištwāṯē) or ܡܸܫܬܘܼܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (mištūyāṯē))

  1. party (social gathering for entertainment and fun)
    ܒܸܬ ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܹܢ ܡܸܫܬܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܥܹܐܕ݂ ܡܵܘܠܵܕ݂ܝܼ ܕܥܸܣܪܝܼܢ ܘܚܲܕ݇.
    bit ˁāḇḏēn mištūṯā qā ˁēḏ māwlāḏī d-ˁisrīn w-ḥa.
    I’m throwing a party for my twenty-first birthday!
    (literally, “I’m doing a party”)

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (party): ܙܵܘܚܵܐ (zāwḥā), ܚܲܓܵܐ (ḥaggā), ܚܲܦ̮ܠܵܐ (ḥaflā)
  • (banquet): ܚܡܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥmāšīṯā), ܐܵܪܚܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ārḥūṯā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܬ-ܐ (š-t-ʾ) related to drinking.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛʃtuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mɛʃt(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܫܬܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܫܬܘܬܐ)

  1. banquet, wedding feast, marriage

Inflection

References

  • mštw”, 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. 385a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 310a
  • 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. 856b
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