ܚܡܘܨܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܡ-ܨ (ḥ-m-ṣ). Doublet of ܚܲܡܘܼܥܬܵܐ (ḥammūʿtā, “sorrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħammuːsˤtɑ/

Noun

ܚܲܡܘܼܨܬܵܐ • (ḥammūṣtā) f (plural *ܚܲܡܘܼܨܝ̈ܵܬܵܐ (*ḥammūṣəyāṯā))

1. rhubarb (Rheum species)

References

• “ḥmwṣh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 377
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 240b
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 170–171 Nr. 126