ܗܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic هُوَّة (huwwa), Hebrew הַוָּה (hawwâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haw(wə)θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [hawwe], [hawwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܗܘܬܐ • (hawwəṯā) f (plural ܗܘܬܐ or ܗܘܐ)

1. pit, abyss, deep, cavern
2. wind
3. destruction

Inflection

    declension of ܗܘܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܗܘܐ	ܗܘܢ ,ܗܘܝܢ
construct	ܗܘܬ	ܗܘܬ ,ܗܘܝ
emphatic	ܗܘܬܐ	ܗܘܬܐ ,ܗܘܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܗܘܬܝ	ܗܘܬܝ ,ܗܘܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܗܘܬܟ	ܗܘܬܟ ,ܗܘܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܗܘܬܟܝ	ܗܘܬܟܝ ,ܗܘܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܗܘܬܗ	ܗܘܬܗ ,ܗܘܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܗܘܬܗ	ܗܘܬܗ ,ܗܘܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܗܘܬܢ	ܗܘܬܢ ,ܗܘܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܗܘܬܟܘܢ	ܗܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܗܘܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܗܘܬܟܝܢ	ܗܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܗܘܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܗܘܬܗܘܢ	ܗܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܗܘܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܗܘܬܗܝܢ	ܗܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܗܘܝܗܝܢ

References

• “hwtˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-10-02
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 74b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 103a
• 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 339a