ܚܘܝܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic حَيَّة (ḥayya).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈħɛw.jɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈxɪw.jɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈħɛw.jo]

Noun

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A snake

ܚܘܝܐ (ḥewyām (plural ܚܘܘܬܐ (ḥəwawwāṯā), singular feminine counterpart ܚܘܘܝܬܐ (ḥəwāwīṯā))

  1. snake, serpent
  2. (figuratively) Satan

References

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  • ḥywy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-25
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 99b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131a
  • 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 424b