ܝܨܝܠܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Hebrew אַצִּיל (ʾaṣṣîl).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [jasˤsˤilɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jasˤsˤile(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܝܨܝܠܐ (yaṣṣīlāʾm (plural ܝܨܝܠܐ)

  1. (anatomy) elbow, joint, forearm

Usage notes[edit]

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • yṣyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 143a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 195a
  • 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. 579b