Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛʃʃɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܫܬܐ • ‎(ʼešāṯāʼ) f ‎(plural ܐܫܬܘܬܐ)

1. fever, fire

Inflection

See also

• ܢܘܪܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܬ ‎(š-t). Compare Arabic اِسْت ‎(ist) and Hebrew שֵׁת ‎(šēṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛʃtɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܫܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܐܫܬܬܐ or ܐܫܝܬܐ)

1. bottom, base, foundation
2. (anatomy) buttock, backside

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛʃtɑ(ʔ)]

Numeral

ܐܫܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. Alternative form of ܫܬܐ

References

• “)$t”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “)$h”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 384b-385a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 31a-b
• 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. 108a-b