ܚܪܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܚܪܫܐ (ḥaršā, ḥeršā, “magic”), from the root ܚ-ܪ-ܫ (ḥ-r-š) related to magic. Compare Arabic سَاحِرَة (sāḥira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħarrɑʃtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħarrɑʃɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܪܫܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܪܫܐ)

1. magician, sorceress, witch, enchantress

Inflection

    declension of ܚܪܫܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܪܫܐ	ܚܪܫܢ
construct	ܚܪܫܬ	ܚܪܫܬ
emphatic	ܚܪܫܬܐ	ܚܪܫܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܪܫܬܝ	ܚܪܫܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܪܫܬܟ	ܚܪܫܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܪܫܬܟܝ	ܚܪܫܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܪܫܬܗ	ܚܪܫܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܪܫܬܗ	ܚܪܫܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܪܫܬܢ	ܚܪܫܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܪܫܬܟܘܢ	ܚܪܫܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܪܫܬܟܝܢ	ܚܪܫܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܪܫܬܗܘܢ	ܚܪܫܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܪܫܬܗܝܢ	ܚܪܫܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܫ (ḥ-r-š) related to being mute or hoarse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħarʃ(ə)θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħarʃɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܪܫܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܪܫܐ)

1. deaf-mute, mute

Inflection

    declension of ܚܪܫܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܪܫܐ	ܚܪܫܢ
construct	ܚܪܫܬ	ܚܪܫܬ
emphatic	ܚܪܫܬܐ	ܚܪܫܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܪܫܬܝ	ܚܪܫܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܪܫܬܟ	ܚܪܫܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܪܫܬܟܝ	ܚܪܫܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܪܫܬܗ	ܚܪܫܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܪܫܬܗ	ܚܪܫܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܪܫܬܢ	ܚܪܫܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܪܫܬܟܘܢ	ܚܪܫܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܪܫܬܟܝܢ	ܚܪܫܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܪܫܬܗܘܢ	ܚܪܫܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܪܫܬܗܝܢ	ܚܪܫܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥršh”, 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, pages 117b-118a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 159b
• 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 496a-b