ܚܝܛܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܚ-ܘ-ܛ (ḥ-w-ṭ) related to sewing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)jɑtˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)jɑtˤe] (plural)

Noun

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ܚܝܛܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܝܛܐ)

  1. seam, suture
  2. sewing
  3. (figuratively) words
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܚ-ܘ-ܛ (ḥ-w-ṭ) related to sewing. Compare Arabic خَيَّاط (ḵayyāṭ) and Hebrew חַיָּט (ħayyāṭ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ħajjɑtˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħajjɑtˤe] (plural)

Noun

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ܚܝܛܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܝܛܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܝܛܬܐ)

  1. tailor, seamster
Inflection
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References

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  • ḥyṭ”, 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, 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 140a
  • 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 446b