ܪܚܫܐ

See also: ܕܚܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܚ ܫ (r ḥ š)
2 terms

Compare Arabic حَشَرَة (ḥašara), Hebrew רַחַשׁ (ráḥaš).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [raħʃaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [rɪxʃa]

Noun

ܪܲܚܫܵܐ • (raḥšā) m (plural ܪ̈ܲܚܫܹܐ (raḥšē))

1. any creeping thing: insect, bug, vermin, reptile, etc.; a creeper

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 21 December 2014

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܚ-ܫ (r-ḥ-š) related to creeping; compare Arabic حَشَرَة (ḥašara), Hebrew רַחַשׁ (ráḥaš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈraħ.ʃɑ] (singular and plural)
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrax.ʃɑ] (singular and plural)
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɑħ.ʃo] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܪܚܫܐ • (raḥšā) m (plural ܪܚܫܐ (raḥšā))

1. (collectively) any creeping thing: insects (especially ants), vermin, reptiles, etc.; a creeper
2. (pathology, in the plural) hoarseness, sore throat
3. (medicine) gangrene
4. (botany) hard plant skin
5. (footwear) sandal

Inflection

    inflection of ܪܚܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܚܫ	ܪܚܫܝܢ
construct	ܪܚܫ	ܪܚܫܝ
emphatic	ܪܚܫܐ	ܪܚܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܚܫܝ	ܪܚܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܚܫܟ	ܪܚܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܚܫܟܝ	ܪܚܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܚܫܗ	ܪܚܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܚܫܗ	ܪܚܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܚܫܢ	ܪܚܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܚܫܟܘܢ	ܪܚܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܚܫܟܝܢ	ܪܚܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܚܫܗܘܢ	ܪܚܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܚܫܗܝܢ	ܪܚܫܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܚ-ܫ (r-ḥ-š) related to creeping.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [r(ə.)ˈħɑ.ʃɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrxɑ.ʃɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrħo.ʃo]

Noun

ܪܚܫܐ • (rəḥāšā) m (plural ܪܚܫܐ (rəḥāšē))

1. decay
2. (oncology) malignant tumor/tumour

Inflection

    inflection of ܪܚܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܚܫ	ܪܚܫܝܢ
construct	ܪܚܫ	ܪܚܫܝ
emphatic	ܪܚܫܐ	ܪܚܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܚܫܝ	ܪܚܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܚܫܟ	ܪܚܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܚܫܟܝ	ܪܚܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܚܫܗ	ܪܚܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܚܫܗ	ܪܚܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܚܫܢ	ܪܚܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܚܫܟܘܢ	ܪܚܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܚܫܟܝܢ	ܪܚܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܚܫܗܘܢ	ܪܚܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܚܫܗܝܢ	ܪܚܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rḥš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-29
• “rḥš²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-29
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 344b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 538b
• 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, page 1459a