ܚܨܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from an earlier uncontracted form ܚܪܨܐ (ḥarṣāʾ). Compare Hebrew חֲלָצַיִם (ḥălāṣáyim).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ħasˤsˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħasˤsˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܚܨܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܨܐ)

  1. (anatomy) back, hip, haunch, loin, kidney
  2. (figuratively) back, surface, highest part, summit

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • ḥṣ”, 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. 114a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 154a
  • 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, pp. 482b-483a