ܐܘܠܨܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܐ-ܠ-ܨ (ʾ-l-ṣ) related to pressing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܐܘܠܨܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܘܠܨܢܐ)

  1. narrowness
  2. being shut up closely; siege, restraint
  3. strait, calamity
  4. suffering, oppression, hardship
  5. distress, anxiety
  6. illness
  7. necessity, need

Inflection

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References

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  • ˀwlṣn”, 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, p. 11a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 6a
  • 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. 16b